Sakhalin leaf warbler
Phylloscopus borealoides Portenko, 1950
The sakhalin leaf warbler (Phylloscopus borealoides) is a species in the family Phylloscopidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 9.8 g to 10.7 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
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Quick facts about the sakhalin leaf warbler
- Weight
- 9.8 g – 10.7 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 4.9src for Young per litter or clutch
- Lifestyle
- Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Migratorysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
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Where does the sakhalin leaf warbler live?
Not recorded
What is the sakhalin leaf warbler?
The Sakhalin leaf warbler (Phylloscopus borealoides) is a species of Old World warbler in the family Phylloscopidae.
It is found in Sakhalin, the Kuril Islands and Japan; it winters to the Amami and Okinawa islands and Indochina.
Its natural habitat is temperate forests.
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Is the sakhalin leaf warbler endangered?
The sakhalin leaf warbler is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- 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 sakhalin leaf warbler classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyPhylloscopidae
- genusPhylloscopus
- SpeciesPhylloscopus borealoides Portenko, 1950
Synonyms Acanthopneuste borealoides, Phylloscopus tenellipes borealoides, Phylloscopus tenellipes borealoides
Other names and names in other languages (38)
- Sakhalin leaf-warblerEnglish
- Sakhalin leaf-warblerEnglish
- Sakhalin leaf-warblerEnglish
- mosquiter del JapóCatalan
- Сахалин амашкекMari
- budníček východníCzech
- telor coeswelw JapanWelsh
- Sakhalin LøvsangerDanish
- PortenkolaubsängerGerman
- Portenko-LaubsängerGerman
- SachalinlaubsängerGerman
- saĥalena filoskopoEsperanto
- mosquitero japonésSpanish
- Mosquitero borealoideSpanish
- jaapani lehelindEstonian
- japaninuunilintuFinnish
- Pouillot du JaponFrench
- עלווית סחליןHebrew
- Luì di SakhalinItalian
- エゾムシクイJapanese
- 사할린되솔새Korean
- japoninė pečialindaLithuanian
- Sahalīnas ķauķītisLatvian
- Japanse FitisDutch
- ainosangerNorwegian
- świstunka sachalińskaPolish
- felosa-de-sacalinaPortuguese
- Сахалинская пеночкаRussian
- kolibiarik japonskýSlovak
- Sahalinski zviždakSerbian
- sachalinsångareSwedish
- นกกระจิ๊ดซาคาลินThai
- Sakhalin ÇıvgınıTurkish
- вівчарик сахалінськийUkrainian
- 庫頁柳鶯Chinese
- 库页岛柳莺Chinese
- 庫頁島柳鶯Chinese
- 萨岛柳莺Chinese
Relatives of the sakhalin leaf warbler
Other species in the same genus Phylloscopus.

Common chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybita

Willow warbler
Phylloscopus trochilus

Greenish warbler
Phylloscopus trochiloides

Yellow-browed warbler
Phylloscopus inornatus

Pallas's leaf warbler
Phylloscopus proregulus

Arctic warbler
Phylloscopus borealis
CompareSakhalin leaf warbler vs Common chiffchaffSakhalin leaf warbler vs Willow warblerSakhalin leaf warbler vs Greenish warblerSakhalin leaf warbler vs Yellow-browed warbler
Common questions
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How big is the sakhalin leaf warbler?
An adult sakhalin leaf warbler weighs 9.8 g – 10.7 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the sakhalin leaf warbler endangered?
The sakhalin 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 sakhalin leaf warbler?
The sakhalin leaf warbler (Phylloscopus borealoides) belongs to the family Phylloscopidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
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