Gansu Leaf Warbler (Phylloscopus kansuensis)
About the Gansu Leaf Warbler
The Gansu leaf warbler (Phylloscopus kansuensis) is a small passerine bird known only from China. It belongs to the leaf warbler genus Phylloscopus within the family Phylloscopidae. It was formerly treated as a subspecies of Pallas's warbler (P. proregulus) but is now regarded as a separate species based on differences in voice and cytochrome-b gene sequences. It is 10 cm long, slightly larger than Pallas's warbler. It has greenish upperparts, pale underparts and a pale rump. The head has a long white supercilium and a pale stripe along the centre of the crown. The wings have one conspicuous wingbar, a slight second bar and whitish edges to the tertials. The song is very different from Pallas's warbler and consists of a thin, high-pitched note followed by a series of accelerating notes and finally a trill.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 51 recordings for this species: 34 CC BY-NC-SA · 17 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in China in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitarecording
- Dusky WarblerPhylloscopus fuscatusrecording
- Eastern Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus orientalisrecording
- Green WarblerPhylloscopus nitidusrecording
- Greenish WarblerPhylloscopus trochiloidesrecording
- Hume's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus humeirecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.