Black-faced warbler

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Black-faced warbler
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Black-faced Warbler (Abroscopus schisticeps) in Sillery Gaon, West Bengal, India.
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cettiidae
Genus: Abroscopus
Species:
A. schisticeps
Binomial name
Abroscopus schisticeps
(Gray, JE & Gray, GR, 1847)
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Global range

The black-faced warbler (Abroscopus schisticeps) is a species of bush warbler (family Cettiidae). It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage.

It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest and scrub, occurring at altitudes from 1,500–2,700 m, occasionally down to 600 m, and is non-migratory. [2]

References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Abroscopus schisticeps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T22715454A94453636. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22715454A94453636.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. Kazmierczak, Krys (2000). A Field Guide to the Birds of the Indian Subcontinent. p. 240. ISBN   0-300-07921-4.