Martens's warbler explained

Martens's warbler (Phylloscopus omeiensis), also known as Omei warbler or Emei Shan warbler, is a species of Old World warbler in the family Phylloscopidae (or Sylviidae). It was first described in 1999.^[1] It is found in China and Myanmar. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Martens's warbler was initially placed in the genus Seicercus. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2018 found that neither Phylloscopus nor Seicercus were monophyletic.^[2] In the subsequent reorganization the two genera were merged into Phylloscopus which has priority under the rules of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature.^[3]

Further reading

• Alström . P. . Olsson . U. . 2000 . Golden‐spectacled warbler systematics . Ibis . 142 . 3. 495–500 . 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2000.tb04449.x .

Notes and References

1. Martens . J. . Eck . S. . Päckert . M. . Sun . Y.-H. . 1999 . The Golden-spectacled Warbler Seicercus burkii – a species swarm (Aves: Passeriformes: Sylviidae), part 1 . Zoologische Abhandlungen, Museum für Tierkunde Dresden . 50 . 281–327 [288] .
2. 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 .
3. 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 .