White-browed tit-warbler

White-browed tit-warbler
Male of nominate subspecies
Female of nominate subspecies
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Aegithalidae
Genus: Leptopoecile
Species: L. sophiae
Binomial name
Leptopoecile sophiae
Severtsov, 1873

The white-browed tit-warbler (Leptopoecile sophiae) is a species of bird in the Aegithalidae family. It is resident in the Tian Shan and central China as well as in the Himalayas where it is mainly found in winter. Its natural habitat is boreal forests.

Four subspecies are recognised:[2]

  • L. s. sophiae Severtsov, 1873 – southeast Kazakhstan to northwest China, northwest India and north Pakistan
  • L. s. stoliczkae (Hume, 1874) – south Xinjiang, west Qinghai and extreme west Xizang (west China)
  • L. s. major Menzbier, 1885 – west Xinjiang and north Qinghai (west China)
  • L. s. obscurus Przewalski, 1887 – central Nepal, south and southeast Xizang and south and east Qinghai to south Gansu and Sichuan (west China)

References

  1. ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Leptopoecile sophiae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2017). "Bushtits, leaf warblers, reed warblers". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 21 March 2018.


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