File:Greenish_Warbler_Sikkim_India_11.05.2014.jpg · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons
A greenish warbler is a small songbird found across Asia that has become famous among scientists as a key example of how new bird species evolve and diverge from a common ancestor. Researchers have extensively studied populations of these warblers across different regions to understand how geographic separation and isolation lead to the development of distinct species over time.
AI-generated from the Wikipedia summary — may contain errors.
Species
Least Concernvia IUCN
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Phylloscopus
- Image
- Greenish Warbler Sikkim India 11.05.2014.jpg
Show 10 more facts
- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon name
- Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Commons category
- Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Commons gallery
- Phylloscopus trochiloides
- litter size
- 4.6
- egg incubation period
- 12
- taxon common name
- felosa-esverdeada
- taxon range
- Nanling Mountains
- regional conservation status
- Vulnerable
Sources (8)
via Wikidata · CC0
~7 min read
Encyclopedic overview
The greenish warbler (Phylloscopus trochiloides) is a widespread leaf warbler with a breeding range in northeastern Europe, and temperate to subtropical continental Asia. This warbler is strongly migratory and winters in India. It is not uncommon as a spring or early autumn vagrant in Western Europe and is annually seen in Great Britain. In Central Europe large numbers of vagrant birds are encountered in some years; some of these may stay to breed, as a handful of pairs does each year in Germany.
Like all leaf warblers, it was formerly placed in the "Old World warbler" assemblage, but now belongs to the new leaf-warbler family Phylloscopidae. The genus name Phylloscopus is from Ancient Greek phullon, "leaf", and skopos, "seeker" (from skopeo, "to watch"). The specific trochiloides is from Ancient Greek trokhalos, "bowed", and -oides "resembling", from the similarity to the willow warbler, P. trochilus. The English name of this species provides a perfect argument in favour of the capitalisation of species names (i.e. treating them as proper nouns), a convention which is generally applied in scientific literature. The decapitalised "greenish warbler" is equally descriptive of many bird species across multiple families, whereas a capitalised "Greenish Warbler" shows unambiguously that Phylloscopus trochiloides is under discussion.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Greenish Warbler” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.