Yellow-breasted Warbler

Phylloscopus montis (Sharpe, 1887)

Yellow-breasted Warbler, Phylloscopus montis, is a leaf warbler of the Oriental Region, breeding in the Malay Peninsula, the Greater Sundas except Java, Flores and Timor in the Lesser Sundas, and Palawan in the south-western Philippines. It occurs in Indonesia, Malaysia and Palawan, with Sumatra and Borneo noted as its most frequent strongholds. It uses moist lowland forest and moist montane forest in tropical and subtropical zones. The species was first described by Sharpe in 1887 and was once placed in Seicercus before being brought into Phylloscopus.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Phylloscopidae — Leaf Warblers

Breeding range

Oriental Region: Malay Pen., Greater Sundas (except Java), Flores and Timor (c, e Lesser Sundas), and Palawan (sw Philippines)