Brooks's leaf warbler

Brooks's leaf warbler (Phylloscopus subviridis) is a species of Old World warbler in the family Phylloscopidae.

Brooks's leaf warbler
Brooks's leaf warbler (above), and Hume's leaf warbler (below); illustration by Keulemans, 1881
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Phylloscopidae
Genus:	Phylloscopus
Species:	P. subviridis
Binomial name
Phylloscopus subviridis (Brooks, 1872)

Distribution and habitat

It is found in Afghanistan, India, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Russia, and Turkmenistan, but has been recorded only in northwestern India and Pakistan in present times. Its natural habitats are boreal forests and temperate forests.

History

The Brooks's leaf warbler was described by ornithologist William Edwin Brooks, father of the Canadian bird illustrator Allan Brooks.