Red-faced woodland-warbler / Braunwangen-Laubsänger (Phylloscopus laetus)

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Observations

🔍 No documented observation

Description

Classification: Genus Phylloscopus (Phylloscopus); Family Phylloscopidae (Phylloscopidae)
General:The red-faced woodland warbler (Phylloscopus laetus) is a species of leaf warbler in the family Phylloscopus. It forms a superspecies with the closely related yellow-throated woodland warbler and the Laura's woodland warbler. Two subspecies are recognised, the nominate P. l. laetus ranges from Western Uganda and eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (the Ruwenzori Mountains), south through SW Uganda, western Rwanda and western Burundi. The second subspecies, P. l. schoutedeni, has a more restricted range, being confined to Mt Kabobo in eastern DRC. It is one of several species known as Albertine Rift Valley endemics. Overall the species has a total range of 77,000 square kilometres (29000 sq mi). Its natural habitat is highland forest between 1200–3100 m, especially in bamboo; it also occurs in areas of secondary forest. [more]

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