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Wood Warbler
Phylloscopus sibilatrix
Audubon Illustration
John James Audubon, Birds of America (1827-1838). Public domain.
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About the Wood Warbler
The wood warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix) is a common and widespread leaf warbler which breeds throughout northern and temperate Europe, and just into the extreme west of Asian Russia in the southern Ural Mountains. It is strongly migratory and the entire population winters in tropical Africa.
Source: Wikipedia
Classification
- Scientific name
- Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Family
- Leaf Warblers
- Order
- Passeriformes
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