Friday, October 5, 2012

>>Genus Rhopophilus (Chinese Hill Warbler)

Chinese Hill Warbler


 


Chinese Hill Warbler
Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Cisticolidae
Genus:Rhopophilus
Giglioli & Salvadori, 1870
Species:R. pekinensis
Binomial name
Rhopophilus pekinensis
(Swinhoe, 1868)
The Chinese Hill Warbler (Rhopophilus pekinensis), also known as the White-browed Chinese Warbler or Chinese Bush-dweller, is a species of bird in the monotypic genusRhopophilus.Its relationships are uncertain and it has been placed in the families Cisticolidae, Timaliidae or Sylviidae. It is found in northern China and North Korea, and formerly occurred in South Korea.

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