Bianchi's warbler explained

Bianchi's warbler (Phylloscopus valentini) is a species of leaf warbler (family Phylloscopidae). It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage.

It is found in China, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Bianchi's warbler was previously placed in the genus Seicercus. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2018 found that neither Phylloscopus nor Seicercus were monophyletic.^[1] In the subsequent reorganization the two genera were merged into Phylloscopus which has priority under the rules of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature.^[2] The species name honours the Russian ornithologist Valentin Lvovich Bianchi (1857–1920).

Diet

It is an insectivore.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Alström . P. . etal . 2018 . Complete species-level phylogeny of the leaf warbler (Aves: Phylloscopidae) radiation . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution . 126 . 141–152 . 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.03.031 . 29631054 . 4720300 .
2. Web site: Gill . Frank . Frank Gill (ornithologist) . Donsker . David . 2018 . Bushtits, leaf warblers, reed warblers . World Bird List Version 8.2 . International Ornithologists' Union . 8 August 2018 .
3. Siri . Supalak . Ponpituk . Yuwadee . Safoowong . Mongkol . Nuipakdee . Wimonmart . Marod . Dokrak . Duengkae . Prateep . 2020-02-15 . Comparing morphological traits of legs of understory birds inhabiting forest areas with closed canopies and forest gaps . Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity . 21 . 3 . 10.13057/biodiv/d210326 . 2085-4722. free .