Island leaf warbler
The island leaf warbler is a species of Old World warbler in the family Phylloscopidae.
It is found in an area ranging from the Moluccas to the Solomon Islands.
Taxonomy
The island leaf warbler was formally described in 1876 as Gerygone? poliocephala by the Italian zoologist Tommaso Salvadori based on a specimen collected in the Arfak Mountains of western New Guinea. The specific epithet combines the Ancient Greek πολιος/polios meaning "grey" or "grizzled" with -κεφαλος/-kephalos meaning "-headed". The island leaf warbler is now one of around 80 leaf warblers placed in the genus Phylloscopus that was introduced in 1826 by the German zoologist Friedrich Boie.Eighteen subspecies are recognised:
- P. p. suaramerdu Rheindt, FE, Prawiradilaga, DM, Ashari, H, Suparno & Ng, NSR, 2020 – montane Peleng, in Banggai Island
- P. p. emilsalimi Rheindt, FE, Prawiradilaga, DM, Ashari, H, Suparno & Ng, NSR, 2020 – montane Taliabu
- P. p. henrietta Stresemann, EFT, 1931 – northern Moluccas
- P. p. waterstradti – montane Moluccas
- P. p. everetti – montane Buru
- P. p. ceramensis – montane southern Moluccas
- P. p. avicola Hartert, EJO, 1924 – montane Kai Besar Island
- P. p. matthiae Rothschild, LW & Hartert, EJO, 1924 – Mussau Island, in St. Matthias Group
- P. p. moorhousei Gilliard, ET & LeCroy, MK, 1967 – montane New Britain and Umboi Island
- P. p. leletensis Salomonsen, F, 1965 – montane New Ireland
- P. p. poliocephalus – montane northwestern New Guinea
- P. p. albigularis Hartert, EJO & Paludan, KJ, 1936 – montane west-central New Guinea
- P. p. cyclopum Hartert, EJO, 1930 – montane northern New Guinea
- P. p. giulianettii – montane New Guinea
- P. p. hamlini Mayr, E & Rand, AL, 1935 – Goodenough Island, in D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago
- P. p. becki Hartert, EJO, 1929 – montane Guadalcanal, Santa Isabel, and Malaita
- P. p. bougainvillei Mayr, E, 1935 – montane Bougainville Island
- P. p. pallescens Mayr, E, 1935 – montane Kolombangara