Timor leaf warbler

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Timor leaf warbler
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Phylloscopidae
Genus: Phylloscopus
Species:
P. presbytes
Binomial name
Phylloscopus presbytes
(Blyth, 1870)

The Timor leaf warbler (Phylloscopus presbytes) is a species of Old World warbler in the family Phylloscopidae. It is found on the islands of Timor and Flores in the Lesser Sunda Islands. Its closest relative is the Rote leaf warbler.

Taxonomy

The Timor leaf warbler was formally described in 1870 as Sylvia presbytes by the English zoologist Edward Blyth based on a specimen collected on the island of Timor. [2] [3] The specific epithet is from Ancient Greek πρεσβυτης/presbutēs meaning "old man". [4] The Timor leaf warbler is now one of 80 species placed in the genus Phylloscopus that was introduced in 1826 by Friedrich Boie. [5]

Two subspecies are recognised: [5]

The subspecies P. p. floresianus has sometimes been considered as a separate species, the Flores leaf warbler. [6] The two subspecies have similar plumage and vocalizations, [7] but have modest differences in their mitochondrial DNA sequences. [5] [8] The Timor leaf warbler is most closely related to the Rote leaf warbler (Phylloscopus rotiensis). [7]

References

  1. ↑ BirdLife International (2019). "Phylloscopus presbytes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019 e.T155223332A155224802. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T155223332A155224802.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Blyth, Edward (1870). "Notes relating chiefly to the birds of India". Ibis. 2nd series. 6 (22): 157-176 [169].
  3. ↑ Mayr, Ernst; Cottrell, G. William, eds. (1986). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 11. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 253.
  4. ↑ Jobling, James A. "presbytes". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
  5. 1 2 3 AviList Core Team (2025). "AviList: The Global Avian Checklist, v2025". doi: 10.2173/avilist.v2025 . Retrieved 28 November 2025.
  6. ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (February 2025). "Bushtits, leaf warblers, reed warblers". IOC World Bird List Version 15.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 28 November 2025.
  7. 1 2 Ng, N.S.R.; Prawiradilaga, D.M.; Ng, E.Y.X.; Suparno; Ashari, H.; Trainor, C.; Verbelen, P.; Rheindt, F.E. (2018). "A striking new species of leaf warbler from the Lesser Sundas as uncovered through morphology and genomics". Scientific Reports. 8 (1) 15646. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-34101-7 .
  8. ↑ Reeve, A.H.; Kennedy, J.D.; Pujolar, J.M.; Petersen, B.; Blom, M.P.K.; Alström, P.; Haryoko, T.; Ericson, P.G.P.; Irestedt, M.; Nylander, J.A.A.; Jønsson, K.A. (2023). "The formation of the Indo-Pacific montane avifauna". Nature Communications. 14 (1): 8215. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-43964-y .


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