Island Leaf Warbler

Phylloscopus poliocephalus

IUCN: Not Evaluated

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Phylloscopidae
Genus
Phylloscopus
eBird Code
islwar1

Subspecies (18)

  • Phylloscopus poliocephalus albigularis

    montane west-central New Guinea

  • Phylloscopus poliocephalus avicola

    montane Kai Besar Island (Kai Islands)

  • Phylloscopus poliocephalus becki

    montane Guadalcanal, Santa Isabel, and Malaita (central Solomon Islands)

  • Phylloscopus poliocephalus bougainvillei

    montane Bougainville (northwestern Solomon Islands)

  • Phylloscopus poliocephalus ceramensis

    montane southern Moluccas (Seram and Ambon)

  • Phylloscopus poliocephalus cyclopum

    montane northern New Guinea (Cyclops Mountains)

  • Phylloscopus poliocephalus emilsalimi

    montane Taliabu (Sula Islands)

  • Phylloscopus poliocephalus everetti

    montane Buru (southern Moluccas)

  • Phylloscopus poliocephalus giulianettii

    montane New Guinea (Snow, Sepik, Saruwaged, and Herzog mountains)

  • Phylloscopus poliocephalus hamlini

    Goodenough, in D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago (off southeastern New Guinea)

  • Phylloscopus poliocephalus henrietta

    northern Moluccas (Halmahera and Ternate)

  • Phylloscopus poliocephalus leletensis

    montane New Ireland (northeastern Bismarck Archipelago)

  • Phylloscopus poliocephalus matthiae

    Mussau, in St. Matthias Group (north-central Bismarck Archipelago)

  • Phylloscopus poliocephalus moorhousei

    montane New Britain and Umboi (southeastern Bismarck Archipelago)

  • Phylloscopus poliocephalus pallescens

    montane Kolombangara (west-central Solomon Islands)

  • Phylloscopus poliocephalus poliocephalus

    montane northwestern New Guinea (Tamrau, Arfak, and Wandammen mountains)

  • Phylloscopus poliocephalus suaramerdu

    montane Peleng, in Banggai Islands (off eastern Sulawesi)

  • Phylloscopus poliocephalus waterstradti

    montane Moluccas (Bacan and Obi)

Data Sources

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.