Mountain yellow warbler
In Kenya
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Acrocephalidae
Genus: Iduna
Species:
I. similis
Binomial name
Iduna similis
(Richmond, 1897)
Resident range[2]
Synonyms

Chloropeta similis

The mountain yellow warbler or mountain flycatcher-warbler (Iduna similis) is a species of Acrocephalidae warbler; formerly, these were placed in the paraphyletic "Old World warblers".

Range and habitat

It is found in Burundi, DRC, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Iduna similis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22714927A94432539. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22714927A94432539.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. Based on maps in the Handbook of the Birds of the World, the BirdLife Datazone and others.
  • BirdLife International 2004. Chloropeta similis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 10 July 2007.
  • Fregin, S., M. Haase, U. Olsson, and P. Alström. 2009. Multi-locus phylogeny of the family Acrocephalidae (Aves: Passeriformes) - the traditional taxonomy overthrown. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 52: 866–878.


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