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Chinese leaf warbler

Phylloscopus yunnanensis La Touche, 1922

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The chinese leaf warbler (Phylloscopus yunnanensis) is a species in the family Phylloscopidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 3.5 g to 6 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Chinese leaf warbler (Phylloscopus yunnanensis)
Photo: Ron Knight from Seaford, East Sussex, United Kingdom · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the chinese leaf warbler

Weight
3.5 g – 6 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
shrublandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
3.9src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Partialsrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the chinese leaf warbler live?

Not recorded

What is the chinese leaf warbler?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Chinese leaf warbler (Phylloscopus yunnanensis) is a species of Old World warbler in the family Phylloscopidae. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland. It is found only in China.

From the Wikipedia article “Chinese leaf warbler” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chinese_leaf_warbler&oldid=1313875866), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the chinese leaf warbler endangered?

The chinese leaf warbler is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the chinese leaf warbler classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyPhylloscopidae
  6. genusPhylloscopus
  7. SpeciesPhylloscopus yunnanensis La Touche, 1922

Synonyms Abrornis yunnanensis yunnanensis, Phylloscopus proregulus sichuanensis, Phylloscopus proregulus yunnanensis, Phylloscopus sichuanensis, Phylloscopus yunmanensis

Other names and names in other languages (38)
  • Chinese leaf-warblerEnglish
  • Chinese leaf-warblerEnglish
  • mosquiter de SichuanCatalan
  • budníček čínskýCzech
  • budníček s-čchuanskýCzech
  • Yunnan LøvsangerDanish
  • YunnanlaubsängerGerman
  • SichuanlaubsängerGerman
  • ĉinia filoskopoEsperanto
  • Mosquitero de YunnanSpanish
  • Mosquitero de SichuánSpanish
  • huanghe lehelindEstonian
  • sichuaninuunilintuFinnish
  • sichuaninuunilintu (setsuaninuunilintu)Finnish
  • Pouillot du SichuanFrench
  • kineski zviždakCroatian
  • Luì della CinaItalian
  • シセンムシクイJapanese
  • ウンナンムシクイJapanese
  • 연노랑허리솔새Korean
  • sičuaninė pečialindaLithuanian
  • Juņnaņas ķauķītisLatvian
  • SzechwanboszangerDutch
  • mandarinsangerNorwegian
  • świstunka syczuańskaPolish
  • felosa-chinesaPortuguese
  • Felosa-de-IunãPortuguese
  • Felosa-de-IunãoPortuguese
  • felosa-do-iunãoPortuguese
  • Амурская пеночкаRussian
  • Китайская зарничкаRussian
  • kolibiarik ciridavýSlovak
  • kinesisk sångareSwedish
  • นกกระจิ๊ดพันธุ์จีนThai
  • Yünnan ÇıvgınıTurkish
  • вівчарик юнанськийUkrainian
  • 云南柳莺Chinese
  • 雲南柳鶯Chinese

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Relatives of the chinese leaf warbler

Other species in the same genus Phylloscopus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the chinese leaf warbler?

An adult chinese leaf warbler weighs 3.5 g – 6 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the chinese leaf warbler endangered?

The chinese leaf warbler is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the chinese leaf warbler?

The chinese leaf warbler (Phylloscopus yunnanensis) belongs to the family Phylloscopidae in the order Passeriformes.

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  title = {Chinese leaf warbler (Phylloscopus yunnanensis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/chinese-leaf-warbler},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}