Chinese Leaf Warbler

Phylloscopus yunnanensis La Touche, 1922

≈9.5 cmLength6 gWeight

This small leaf warbler has conspicuous head markings, with a pale supercilium and a pale yellow median crown-stripe.

Busiest months: June · Most records: China, Thailand, Laos

Least Concern

How to identify

Field marks

Distinct pale supercilium on the head
Pale yellow median crown-stripe and dark olive lateral crown-stripes
Upperparts pale green to olive, rump yellowish-white
Broken eye-ring

Male, female and young

Sexes similar.

Voice

The song is dry and monotonous, with “tsiridi” repeated five times; at close range, the call is a soft “trr-trr”.

Where and when it's recorded

Busiest months: June · Most records: China, Thailand, Laos

Chinese Leaf Warbler has been recorded at 249 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 5 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

Doi Pha Hom Pok NP – Doi Lang (W), AKA Doi San JuThailand224 records
Lingshan Scenic AreaChina194 records
Wuling Mountain NNRChina172 records

More places

Taksin Maharat NP – headquarters vicinityThailand113 records
Doi Pha Hom Pok NP – Doi AngkhangThailand97 records
Lamasery, WolongChina95 records
Baxi ForestChina90 records
Doi Pha Hom Pok NP – Doi Lang (W) level part / "Oasis"Thailand80 records
Wudaogou, ChongliChina72 records
Doi Pha Hom Pok NP – Doi Angkhang Royal Agricultural StationThailand53 records

Countries and regions with the most records

China Thailand Laos Myanmar (Burma)South Korea

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

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.

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