Bird group

Leaf Warblers

80 species in this group — each with its conservation status, population estimate and a short description.

Alström's Warbler
Phylloscopus soror
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Alström's Warbler is an agile leaf warbler of China and adjacent East Asian forests. It searches foliage, twigs, and canopy edges for…

Arctic Warbler
Phylloscopus borealis
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Arctic Warbler is an agile leaf warbler of northern Eurasian and Alaskan breeding forests with Southeast Asian wintering areas. It…

Ashy-throated Warbler
Phylloscopus maculipennis
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Ashy-throated Warbler is an agile leaf warbler of the Himalayas and adjacent foothill forests. It searches foliage, twigs, and canopy…

Biak Leaf Warbler
Phylloscopus misoriensis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Biak Leaf Warbler is an agile leaf warbler of Biak, Numfor, and nearby islands. It searches foliage, twigs, and canopy edges for tiny…

Bianchi's Warbler
Phylloscopus valentini
Least Concern≈ 500K–5M

The Bianchi's Warbler is an agile leaf warbler of Eurasian, African, and Asian woodland, scrub, and montane forest. It searches foliage,…

Black-capped Woodland-Warbler
Phylloscopus herberti
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Black-capped Woodland-Warbler is an agile leaf warbler of sub-Saharan African woodland, scrub, and forest edge. It searches foliage,…

Blyth's Leaf Warbler
Phylloscopus reguloides
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Blyth's Leaf Warbler is an agile leaf warbler of the Himalayas and adjacent foothill forests. It searches foliage, twigs, and canopy…

Brooks's Leaf Warbler
Phylloscopus subviridis
Least Concern≈ 500K–5M

The Brooks's Leaf Warbler is an agile leaf warbler of the Himalayas and adjacent foothill forests. It searches foliage, twigs, and canopy…

Brown Woodland-Warbler
Phylloscopus umbrovirens
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Brown Woodland-Warbler is an agile leaf warbler of sub-Saharan African woodland, scrub, and forest edge. It searches foliage, twigs,…

Buff-barred Warbler
Phylloscopus pulcher
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Buff-barred Warbler is an agile leaf warbler of the Himalayas and adjacent foothill forests. It searches foliage, twigs, and canopy…

Buff-throated Warbler
Phylloscopus subaffinis
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Buff-throated Warbler is an agile leaf warbler of Eurasian, African, and Asian woodland, scrub, and montane forest. It searches…

Canary Islands Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus canariensis
Least Concern≈ 100K-500K

The Canary Islands Chiffchaff is an agile leaf warbler of the Canary Islands. It searches foliage, twigs, and canopy edges for tiny insects…

Chestnut-crowned Warbler
Phylloscopus castaniceps
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Chestnut-crowned Warbler is an agile leaf warbler of Eurasian, African, and Asian woodland, scrub, and montane forest. It searches…

Chinese Leaf Warbler
Phylloscopus yunnanensis
Least Concern≈ 500K–5M

The Chinese Leaf Warbler is an agile leaf warbler of China and adjacent East Asian forests. It searches foliage, twigs, and canopy edges…

Claudia's Leaf Warbler
Phylloscopus claudiae
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Claudia's Leaf Warbler is an agile leaf warbler of Eurasian, African, and Asian woodland, scrub, and montane forest. It searches…

Common Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybita
Least Concern≈ 60M–120M

The Common Chiffchaff is an agile leaf warbler of Europe, North Africa, and temperate Asia. It searches foliage, twigs, and canopy edges…

Davison's Leaf Warbler
Phylloscopus intensior
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Davison's Leaf Warbler is an agile leaf warbler of Eurasian, African, and Asian woodland, scrub, and montane forest. It searches…

Dusky Warbler
Phylloscopus fuscatus
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Dusky Warbler is an agile leaf warbler of Eurasian, African, and Asian woodland, scrub, and montane forest. It searches foliage, twigs,…

Eastern Bonelli's Warbler
Phylloscopus orientalis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Eastern Bonelli's Warbler is an agile leaf warbler of Europe, North Africa, and temperate Asia. It searches foliage, twigs, and canopy…

Eastern Crowned Warbler
Phylloscopus coronatus
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Eastern Crowned Warbler is an agile leaf warbler of Eurasian, African, and Asian woodland, scrub, and montane forest. It searches…

Emei Leaf Warbler
Phylloscopus emeiensis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Emei Leaf Warbler is an agile leaf warbler of China and adjacent East Asian forests. It searches foliage, twigs, and canopy edges for…

Gansu Leaf Warbler
Phylloscopus kansuensis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Gansu Leaf Warbler is an agile leaf warbler of China and adjacent East Asian forests. It searches foliage, twigs, and canopy edges for…

Gray-cheeked Warbler
Phylloscopus poliogenys
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Gray-cheeked Warbler is an agile leaf warbler of Eurasian, African, and Asian woodland, scrub, and montane forest. It searches foliage,…

Gray-crowned Warbler
Phylloscopus tephrocephalus
Least Concern≈ 500K–5M

The Gray-crowned Warbler is an agile leaf warbler of Eurasian, African, and Asian woodland, scrub, and montane forest. It searches foliage,…

Gray-hooded Warbler
Phylloscopus xanthoschistos
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Gray-hooded Warbler is an agile leaf warbler of the Himalayas and adjacent foothill forests. It searches foliage, twigs, and canopy…

Green Warbler
Phylloscopus nitidus
Least Concern≈ 500K–5M

The Green Warbler is an agile leaf warbler of the Himalayas and adjacent foothill forests. It searches foliage, twigs, and canopy edges for…

Green-crowned Warbler
Phylloscopus burkii
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Green-crowned Warbler is an agile leaf warbler of Eurasian, African, and Asian woodland, scrub, and montane forest. It searches…

Greenish Warbler
Phylloscopus trochiloides
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Greenish Warbler is an agile leaf warbler of the Himalayas and adjacent foothill forests. It searches foliage, twigs, and canopy edges…

Hainan Leaf Warbler
Phylloscopus hainanus
Near Threatened≈ Unknown

The Hainan Leaf Warbler is an agile leaf warbler of Hainan. It searches foliage, twigs, and canopy edges for tiny insects and spiders,…

Hartert's Leaf Warbler
Phylloscopus goodsoni
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Hartert's Leaf Warbler is an agile leaf warbler of Eurasian, African, and Asian woodland, scrub, and montane forest. It searches…

Hume's Warbler
Phylloscopus humei
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Hume's Warbler is an agile leaf warbler of the Himalayas and adjacent foothill forests. It searches foliage, twigs, and canopy edges…

Iberian Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus ibericus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Iberian Chiffchaff is an agile leaf warbler of Europe, North Africa, and temperate Asia. It searches foliage, twigs, and canopy edges…

Ijima's Leaf Warbler
Phylloscopus ijimae
Vulnerable≈ Unknown

The Ijima's Leaf Warbler is an agile leaf warbler of Japan, Sakhalin, Kamchatka, and nearby East Asian islands. It searches foliage, twigs,…

Island Leaf Warbler
Phylloscopus poliocephalus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Island Leaf Warbler is an agile leaf warbler of Eurasian, African, and Asian woodland, scrub, and montane forest. It searches foliage,…

Japanese Leaf Warbler
Phylloscopus xanthodryas
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Japanese Leaf Warbler is an agile leaf warbler of Japan, Sakhalin, Kamchatka, and nearby East Asian islands. It searches foliage,…

Kamchatka Leaf Warbler
Phylloscopus examinandus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Kamchatka Leaf Warbler is an agile leaf warbler of Japan, Sakhalin, Kamchatka, and nearby East Asian islands. It searches foliage,…

Kloss's Leaf Warbler
Phylloscopus ogilviegranti
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Kloss's Leaf Warbler is an agile leaf warbler of Sundaland forests and montane edges. It searches foliage, twigs, and canopy edges for…

Kolombangara Leaf Warbler
Phylloscopus amoenus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Kolombangara Leaf Warbler is an agile leaf warbler of the Solomon Islands. It searches foliage, twigs, and canopy edges for tiny…

Large-billed Leaf Warbler
Phylloscopus magnirostris
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Large-billed Leaf Warbler is an agile leaf warbler of Eurasian, African, and Asian woodland, scrub, and montane forest. It searches…

Laura's Woodland-Warbler
Phylloscopus laurae
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Laura's Woodland-Warbler is an agile leaf warbler of mainland Southeast Asian forests, scrub, and open country. It searches foliage,…

Lemon-rumped Warbler
Phylloscopus chloronotus
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Lemon-rumped Warbler is an agile leaf warbler of Eurasian, African, and Asian woodland, scrub, and montane forest. It searches foliage,…

Lemon-throated Leaf Warbler
Phylloscopus cebuensis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Lemon-throated Leaf Warbler is an agile leaf warbler of Eurasian, African, and Asian woodland, scrub, and montane forest. It searches…

Limestone Leaf Warbler
Phylloscopus calciatilis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Limestone Leaf Warbler is an agile leaf warbler of mainland Southeast Asian forests, scrub, and open country. It searches foliage,…

Lompobattang Leaf Warbler
Phylloscopus sarasinorum
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Lompobattang Leaf Warbler is an agile leaf warbler of Sulawesi and nearby mountains. It searches foliage, twigs, and canopy edges for…

Makira Leaf Warbler
Phylloscopus makirensis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Makira Leaf Warbler is an agile leaf warbler of the Solomon Islands. It searches foliage, twigs, and canopy edges for tiny insects and…

Martens's Warbler
Phylloscopus omeiensis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Martens's Warbler is an agile leaf warbler of China and adjacent East Asian forests. It searches foliage, twigs, and canopy edges for…

Mountain Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus sindianus
Least Concern≈ 500K–5M

The Mountain Chiffchaff is an agile leaf warbler of the Indian subcontinent's dry grasslands, scrub, and river plains. It searches foliage,…

Mountain Leaf Warbler
Phylloscopus trivirgatus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Mountain Leaf Warbler is an agile leaf warbler of Eurasian, African, and Asian woodland, scrub, and montane forest. It searches…

Negros Leaf Warbler
Phylloscopus nigrorum
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Negros Leaf Warbler is an agile leaf warbler of the Philippine islands. It searches foliage, twigs, and canopy edges for tiny insects…

Numfor Leaf Warbler
Phylloscopus maforensis
Near Threatened≈ Unknown

The Numfor Leaf Warbler is an agile leaf warbler of Biak, Numfor, and nearby islands. It searches foliage, twigs, and canopy edges for tiny…

Pale-legged Leaf Warbler
Phylloscopus tenellipes
Least Concern≈ 500K–5M

The Pale-legged Leaf Warbler is an agile leaf warbler of Eurasian, African, and Asian woodland, scrub, and montane forest. It searches…

Pallas's Leaf Warbler
Phylloscopus proregulus
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Pallas's Leaf Warbler is an agile leaf warbler of Eurasian, African, and Asian woodland, scrub, and montane forest. It searches…

Philippine Leaf Warbler
Phylloscopus olivaceus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Philippine Leaf Warbler is an agile leaf warbler of the Philippine islands. It searches foliage, twigs, and canopy edges for tiny…

Plain Leaf Warbler
Phylloscopus neglectus
Least Concern≈ 500K–5M

The Plain Leaf Warbler is an agile leaf warbler of the Middle East, Iran, Afghanistan, and nearby drylands. It searches foliage, twigs, and…

Radde's Warbler
Phylloscopus schwarzi
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Radde's Warbler is an agile leaf warbler of Eurasian, African, and Asian woodland, scrub, and montane forest. It searches foliage,…

Red-faced Woodland-Warbler
Phylloscopus laetus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Red-faced Woodland-Warbler is an agile leaf warbler of sub-Saharan African woodland, scrub, and forest edge. It searches foliage,…

Rote Leaf Warbler
Phylloscopus rotiensis
Near Threatened≈ Unknown

The Rote Leaf Warbler is an agile leaf warbler of Timor, Rote, and nearby Lesser Sunda islands. It searches foliage, twigs, and canopy…

Sakhalin Leaf Warbler
Phylloscopus borealoides
Least Concern≈ 500K–5M

The Sakhalin Leaf Warbler is an agile leaf warbler of Japan, Sakhalin, Kamchatka, and nearby East Asian islands. It searches foliage,…

Sichuan Leaf Warbler
Phylloscopus forresti
Least Concern≈ 500K–5M

The Sichuan Leaf Warbler is an agile leaf warbler of China and adjacent East Asian forests. It searches foliage, twigs, and canopy edges…

Smoky Warbler
Phylloscopus fuligiventer
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Smoky Warbler is an agile leaf warbler of Eurasian, African, and Asian woodland, scrub, and montane forest. It searches foliage, twigs,…

Sulawesi Leaf Warbler
Phylloscopus nesophilus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Sulawesi Leaf Warbler is an agile leaf warbler of Sulawesi and nearby mountains. It searches foliage, twigs, and canopy edges for tiny…

Sulphur-bellied Warbler
Phylloscopus griseolus
Least Concern≈ 500K–5M

The Sulphur-bellied Warbler is an agile leaf warbler of Eurasian, African, and Asian woodland, scrub, and montane forest. It searches…

Sulphur-breasted Warbler
Phylloscopus ricketti
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Sulphur-breasted Warbler is an agile leaf warbler of Eurasian, African, and Asian woodland, scrub, and montane forest. It searches…

Sunda Warbler
Phylloscopus grammiceps
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Sunda Warbler is an agile leaf warbler of Sundaland forests and montane edges. It searches foliage, twigs, and canopy edges for tiny…

Tickell's Leaf Warbler
Phylloscopus affinis
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Tickell's Leaf Warbler is an agile leaf warbler of the Himalayas and adjacent foothill forests. It searches foliage, twigs, and canopy…

Timor Leaf Warbler
Phylloscopus presbytes
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Timor Leaf Warbler is an agile leaf warbler of Timor, Rote, and nearby Lesser Sunda islands. It searches foliage, twigs, and canopy…

Two-barred Warbler
Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Two-barred Warbler is an agile leaf warbler of Eurasian, African, and Asian woodland, scrub, and montane forest. It searches foliage,…

Tytler's Leaf Warbler
Phylloscopus tytleri
Least Concern≈ 500K–5M

The Tytler's Leaf Warbler is an agile leaf warbler of the Himalayas and adjacent foothill forests. It searches foliage, twigs, and canopy…

Uganda Woodland-Warbler
Phylloscopus budongoensis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Uganda Woodland-Warbler is an agile leaf warbler of sub-Saharan African woodland, scrub, and forest edge. It searches foliage, twigs,…

Western Bonelli's Warbler
Phylloscopus bonelli
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Western Bonelli's Warbler is an agile leaf warbler of Europe, North Africa, and temperate Asia. It searches foliage, twigs, and canopy…

Western Crowned Warbler
Phylloscopus occipitalis
Least Concern≈ 500K–5M

The Western Crowned Warbler is an agile leaf warbler of the Himalayas and adjacent foothill forests. It searches foliage, twigs, and canopy…

Whistler's Warbler
Phylloscopus whistleri
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Whistler's Warbler is an agile leaf warbler of Eurasian, African, and Asian woodland, scrub, and montane forest. It searches foliage,…

White-spectacled Warbler
Phylloscopus intermedius
Least Concern≈ 500K–5M

The White-spectacled Warbler is an agile leaf warbler of Eurasian, African, and Asian woodland, scrub, and montane forest. It searches…

Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Willow Warbler is an agile leaf warbler of Europe, North Africa, and temperate Asia. It searches foliage, twigs, and canopy edges for…

Wood Warbler
Wood Warbler
Phylloscopus sibilatrix
Least Concern≈ 500K–5M

The Wood Warbler is an agile leaf warbler of Europe, North Africa, and temperate Asia. It searches foliage, twigs, and canopy edges for…

Yellow-breasted Warbler
Phylloscopus montis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Yellow-breasted Warbler is an agile leaf warbler of China and adjacent East Asian forests. It searches foliage, twigs, and canopy edges…

Yellow-browed Warbler
Phylloscopus inornatus
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Yellow-browed Warbler is an agile leaf warbler of Eurasian, African, and Asian woodland, scrub, and montane forest. It searches…

Yellow-streaked Warbler
Phylloscopus armandii
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Yellow-streaked Warbler is an agile leaf warbler of Eurasian, African, and Asian woodland, scrub, and montane forest. It searches…

Yellow-throated Woodland-Warbler
Phylloscopus ruficapilla
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Yellow-throated Woodland-Warbler is an agile leaf warbler of sub-Saharan African woodland, scrub, and forest edge. It searches foliage,…

Yellow-vented Warbler
Phylloscopus cantator
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Yellow-vented Warbler is an agile leaf warbler of Eurasian, African, and Asian woodland, scrub, and montane forest. It searches…