Japanese leaf warbler

Japanese leaf warbler
Not recognized (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Phylloscopidae
Genus: Phylloscopus
Species: P. xanthodryas
Binomial name
Phylloscopus xanthodryas
Swinhoe, 1863
Synonyms

Phylloscopus borealis xanthodryas

The Japanese leaf warbler (Phylloscopus xanthodryas) is a species of leaf warbler (family Phylloscopidae). It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage. It is closely related to the Arctic warbler and the Kamchatka leaf warbler, to which it was formerly considered conspecific.

It is found throughout Japan, except on Hokkaido.

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