Yellow-breasted warbler

Yellow-breasted warbler
A yellow-breasted warbler (above) and a yellow-bellied warbler
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Phylloscopidae
Genus: Seicercus
Species: S. montis
Binomial name
Seicercus montis
Sharpe, 1887

The yellow-breasted warbler (Seicercus montis) is a species of Old World warbler in the Phylloscopidae (or Sylviidae) family. It is found in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Palawan Island in the Philippines. The species is most common on the islands of Sumatra and Borneo in Indonesia.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

The species nests in mid-February and breeds Feb-April. It builds domed nests with a side entrance out of grasses and bryophytes. Nests are found among roots under the overhanging lip of an eroded bank or other similar place. It forages for food alone or with small parties of not more than five birds.[2]

The yellow-breasted warbler has a large range and a steady population size. From the perspective of conservation biology, this species is classified as one of least concern, meaning it does not appear to be threatened or vulnerable to extinction at the present time.[3]

References

  1. ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Seicercus montis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. ↑ Wells, David R. (2010). The Birds of the Thai-Malay Peninsula. London: Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781408133132.
  3. ↑ "Species Factsheet for Yellow-Breasted Warbler". Birdlife. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
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