Grey-crowned Warbler
Phylloscopus tephrocephalus
灰冠鹟莺
Introduction
Old World warbler in the family Phylloscopidae. Found across Bangladesh, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. Inhabits temperate forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. Previously classified in the genus Seicercus but reclassified into Phylloscopus following a molecular phylogenetic study in 2018 that found neither genus was monophyletic.
Distribution & Habitat
Occurs in Bangladesh, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. Occupies temperate forests, subtropical and tropical moist lowland forests, and subtropical and tropical moist montane forests.
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Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Phylloscopidae
- Genus
- Phylloscopus
- eBird Code
- gycwar1
Distribution
breeds northern Myanmar to southwestern China and northern Thailand; winters to Indochina
Vocalizations
Data Sources
Species description from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.