Family Leaf-warblers (Phylloscopidae)
Least Concern
Philippine Leaf-warbler (Phylloscopus olivaceus)
Taxonomy
French: Pouillot des Philippines German: Philippinenlaubsänger Spanish: Mosquitero de Mindanao
Taxonomy:
Abrornis olivacea
Moseley
, 1891,Samar, Philippines
.Distribution:
C & S Philippines (Samar, Biliran, Leyte, Negros, Bohol, Mindanao) and Sulu Archipelago.
Descriptive notes
11–12·5 cm; 10·1 g. A medium-sized leaf-warbler with olive-green upperparts. Has pale greenish-yellow supercilium, dark grey lores and eyestripe; crown... read more
Voice
Call a short sharp “prrrr-chi”, frequently repeated.
Habitat
Inhabits forest and forest edges in lowland and at midde elevations; to c. 1500 m on Mindanao.
Food and feeding
Food small arthropods. Forages alone or in mixed-species flocks; takes insects from outer foliage of trees and bushes.
Breeding
Season Apr–Aug. No other information.
Movements
Sedentary.
Status and conservation
Not globally threatened. Common or locally common. Occurs in Rajah Sikatuna National Park, on Bohol.
Sometimes considered conspecific with P. cebuensis, but sympatric with that species (and also with P. trivirgatus) on Negros. Monotypic.