Aberrant bush warbler
Species of bird
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The aberrant bush warbler (Horornis flavolivaceus) is a species in the bush warbler family, Cettiidae. It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage.
| Aberrant bush warbler | |
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| In Sabah, Malaysia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Cettiidae |
| Genus: | Horornis |
| Species: | H. flavolivaceus |
| Binomial name | |
| Horornis flavolivaceus (Blyth, 1845) | |
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It is found in central and southern China, and the northern extremes of Myanmar and Vietnam.[2] It occurs in the countries of Bhutan, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Thailand, Timor-Leste and Vietnam[1] and also may occur in northeastern and southeastern Bangladesh.[3]
Taxonomy
The aberrant bush warbler was formally described in 1845 by the English zoologist Edward Blyth based on a specimen collected in Nepal. He placed the species in the genus Neornis and coined the binomial name Neornis flavolivacea.[4][5] The specific epithet flavolivaceus combines the Latin flavus meaning "yellow" with the Modern Latin olivaceus meaning "olive-green".[6] The aberrant bush warbler is now placed in the genus Horornis that was introduced in 1845 by Brian Hodgson.[7]
Thirteen subspecies are recognised:[7]
- H. f. flavolivaceus (Blyth, 1845) – central, east Himalayas
- H. f. stresemanni (Koelz, 1954) – southwest Assam (northeast India)
- H. f. weberi (Mayr, 1941) – southeast Assam (northeast India) and west Myanmar
- H. f. intricatus (Hartert, EJO, 1909) – north, east Myanmar to south China
- H. f. oblitus (Mayr, 1941) – north Indochina
- H. f. sepiarius (Kloss, 1931) – montane north Sumatra
- H. f. flaviventris (Salvadori, 1879) – montane central, south Sumatra
- H. f. vulcanius (Blyth, 1870) – montane Java, Bali, Lombok and Sumbawa (west Lesser Sunda Islands)
- H. f. kolichisi (Johnstone, RE & Darnell, 1997) – montane Alor Island (east Lesser Sunda Islands)
- H. f. everetti (Hartert, EJO, 1898) – montane Timor and Wetar (east Lesser Sunda Islands)
- H. f. banksi (Chasen, 1935) – montane northwest Borneo
- H. f. oreophilus (Sharpe, 1888) – montane northeast Borneo
- H. f. palawanus (Ripley & Rabor, 1962) – montane Palawan (southwest Philippines)
The last eight subspecies in the above list have sometimes been considered as a separate species, the Sunda bush warbler Horornis vulcanius.[7][8]