Brown Woodland Warbler - BirdForum Opus

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Phylloscopus umbrovirens

Photo by volker sthamer
Menagesha, Ethiopia, September 2009

Identification

• Brown upperparts
• Olive wings
• Pale underparts
• Pale eyestripe
• Brown cap
• Dark iris, legs and feet

Distribution

Africa and the Middle East
Western Africa: DRC
Eastern Africa: South Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania
Middle East: Arabian Peninsula, Saudi Arabia, Yemen

Taxonomy

Subspecies^[1]

Phylloscopus umbrovirens has nine subspecies:

• P. u. yemenensis

• South-western Arabian Peninsula

• P. u. umbrovirens

• Eritrea to Ethiopia and north-western Somalia

• P. u. omoensis

• Western and southern Ethiopia

• P. u. williamsi

• Northern Somalia

• P. u. mackensianus

• Southern South Sudan, northern and eastern Uganda, and central Kenya

• P. u. dorcadichroa

• South-eastern Kenya to northern Tanzania

• P. u. alpinus

• Ruwenzori Mountains

• P. u. wilhelmi

• Eastern DRC to Rwanda and south-western Uganda

• P. u. fugglescouchmani

• Eastern Tanzania

Habitat

Forests, shrubland, montanes and gardens.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Brown Woodland Warbler. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 19 January 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Brown_Woodland_Warbler

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