tbob 12/04/2010 20:51
White-browed Chinese Warbler (Rhopophilus pekinensis pekinensis)
Northern China, north of Beijing, Easter weekend
Thanks for any help in IDing this bird
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kmatthew 12/04/2010 23:18
This is a White-browed Chinese Warbler.3551smile445
tbob 13/04/2010 02:54
Mathew, Thanks a lot for the ID
kkoel 13/04/2010 23:50
And a beautiful photo too! 3551em012445
kmike 14/04/2010 22:22
A fine photo!
Its recently been reclassified as a babbler - but don't know if it has an official new name.
Mike
tbob 15/04/2010 06:34
Mike, Thanks for that information. On the website "Internet Bird Collection" who are also authors of the books "Handbook to Birds of the World" they say
Babblers (Timaliidae) - HBW 12
Chinese Bush-dweller (Rhopophilus pekinensis)
French: Rhopophile de Pékin German: Pekingsänger Spanish: Timalí Pekinés
Other common names: Chinese/Grey-browed Babbler, White-browed Bush-dweller/Chinese Warbler, Chinese Hill Warbler, Peking Warbler
Taxonomy: Drymoeca (?) pekinensis Swinhoe, 1868, Beijing, China.
Affinities uncertain; has been placed in family Cisticolidae. Very recent DNA analyses, however, appear to support placement in present family, where should perhaps be positioned close to genera Chrysomma and Chamaea. Proposed race leptorhynchus (from E Qinghai and Gansu) rather weakly defined and seems to fall within range of variation of nominate; tentatively treated as synonym of latter. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
albosuperciliaris (Hume, 1873) - NW China from W Xinjiang E to W Nei Mongol and W Qinghai.
pekinensis (Swinhoe, 1868) - C & E China (SE Qinghai and C & S Gansu E to Shaanxi and NE Sichuan, and from S Nei Mongol and S Liaoning S to SW Henan and NE Hubei) and N Korea.