- Chinese Hill Warbler
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Chinese Hill Warbler Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Cisticolidae Genus: Rhopophilus
Giglioli & Salvadori, 1870Species: R. pekinensis Binomial name Rhopophilus pekinensis
(Swinhoe, 1868)The Chinese Hill Warbler (Rhopophilus pekinensis), also known as the White-browed Chinese Warbler or Chinese Bush-dweller, is a species of bird in the monotypic genus Rhopophilus.[citation needed] Its relationships are uncertain and it has been placed in the families Cisticolidae, Timaliidae or Sylviidae. It is found in northern China and North Korea, and formerly occurred in South Korea.
References
- BirdLife International 2009. Rhopophilus pekinensis. 2011.1 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 17 June 2011.
- Del Hoyo, J.; Elliot, A. & Christie D. (editors). (2007). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions. ISBN 9788496553422
- Magnus Gelang, Alice Cibois, Eric Pasquet, Urban Olsson, Per Alström, Per G. P. Ericson: Phylogeny of babblers (Aves, Passeriformes): major lineages, family limits and classification, Zoologica Scripta, 38, 3, May 2009, pp 225–236 Article
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