Emei leaf warbler [SEP] IUCN conservation status
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The genus name "Phylloscopus" means “leaf gleaning” and the species name "emeiensis" refers to the mount Emei, where the species was first discovered.
Conservation status.
Though its total population size is unknown, and it is nowhere common, the population of Emei leaf warblers appears to be stable, so the International Union for the Conservation of Nature rates it as a species of "least concern".
Emei leaf warbler
The Emei leaf warbler ("Phylloscopus emeiensis") is a species of leaf warbler (family Phylloscopidae). It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage.
It breeds in China, and it is vagrant in Myanmar.
Taxonomy and systematics.
The relationships are uncertain, but a study based on the mitochondrial cytochrome b and 12S and nuclear myoglobin intron 2 revealed no evidence for a close relationship to the morphologically similar Blyth’s leaf warbler P. reguloides complex.
Description.