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Philippine Leaf Warbler (Phylloscopus olivaceus)

Philippine Leaf Warbler
Photo: Gideon Ferrer via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 — free for commercial reuse.

About the Philippine Leaf Warbler

The Philippine leaf warbler (Phylloscopus olivaceus) is a species of Old World warbler in the family Phylloscopidae. It is endemic to the Philippines on the islands Bohol, Samar, Leyte, Negros, Mindanao, Basilan and the Sulu Archipelago. This species is monotypic. Feeds on small insects. Forages alone or joins mixed-species foraging flocks finding insects from the foliage. Breeds from April to August but otherwise no information is known about its breeding habits and nest. It is found in tropical moist lowland forest and forest edge up to 1,500. IUCN has assessed this bird as least-concern species with the population believed to be stable.

Source: Philippine leaf warbler on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 14 recordings for this species: 8 CC BY-NC-SA · 6 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 Philippines in the xeno-canto catalogue.

Related species you can hear

This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.