Phylloscopidae

Taxobox
name = Phylloscopidae

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image_width = 250px
image_caption = Willow Warbler "Phylloscopus trochilus"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
subordo = Passeri
familia = Phylloscopidae
familia_authority = Alström, Ericson, Olsson, & Sundberg, 2006
subdivision_ranks = Genus
subdivision = "Phylloscopus"
"Seicercus"

Phylloscopidae is a newly described family of small insectivorous birds formerly placed in the Old World warbler family. Its members occur in Eurasia, ranging into Wallacea and Africa (and the Arctic Warbler breeding east into Alaska). Most live in forest and scrub and frequently catch food on the wing.

The species are of various sizes, often green-plumaged above and yellow below, or more subdued with greyish-green to greyish-brown colours, varying little or not at all with the seasons. The tails are not very long and contain 12 feathers (unlike the similar "Abroscopus" species, which have 10 tail feathers).

Phylloscopidae contains two genera, "Phylloscopus" and "Seicercus".

References

* Alström, Per; Ericson, Per G.P.; Olsson, Urban & Sundberg, Per (2006): Phylogeny and classification of the avian superfamily Sylvioidea. "Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution" 38(2): 381–397. doi|10.1016/j.ympev.2005.05.015
* Baker, Kevin (1997): "Warblers of Europe, Asia, and North Africa". Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J. ISBN 0691011699
* Del Hoyo, J.; Elliot, A. & Christie D. (editors). (2006). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 11: Old World Flycatchers to Old World Warblers. Lynx Edicions. ISBN 849655306X.