- Phylloscopidae
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image_caption =Willow Warbler "Phylloscopus trochilus"
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
subordo =Passeri
familia = Phylloscopidae
familia_authority = Alström, Ericson, Olsson, & Sundberg, 2006
subdivision_ranks = Genus
subdivision = "Phylloscopus "
"Seicercus "Phylloscopidae is a newly described family of small
insectivorous bird s formerly placed in theOld World warbler family. Its members occur inEurasia , ranging intoWallacea andAfrica (and theArctic Warbler breeding east intoAlaska ). Most live in forest and scrub and frequently catch food on the wing.The species are of various sizes, often green-plumaged above and yellow below, or more subdued with greyish-green to greyish-brown colours, varying little or not at all with the seasons. The tails are not very long and contain 12 feathers (unlike the similar "
Abroscopus " species, which have 10 tail feathers).Phylloscopidae contains two genera, "Phylloscopus" and "
Seicercus ".References
* Alström, Per; Ericson, Per G.P.; Olsson, Urban & Sundberg, Per (2006): Phylogeny and classification of the avian superfamily Sylvioidea. "Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution" 38(2): 381–397. doi|10.1016/j.ympev.2005.05.015
* Baker, Kevin (1997): "Warblers of Europe, Asia, and North Africa". Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J. ISBN 0691011699
* Del Hoyo, J.; Elliot, A. & Christie D. (editors). (2006).Handbook of the Birds of the World . Volume 11: Old World Flycatchers to Old World Warblers. Lynx Edicions. ISBN 849655306X.
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