Grey-sided bush warbler

Grey-sided bush warbler
Sikkim, India
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cettiidae
Genus: Cettia
Species:
C. brunnifrons
Binomial name
Cettia brunnifrons
(Hodgson, 1845)
Synonyms
  • Cettia brunneifrons

The grey-sided bush warbler (Cettia brunnifrons) is a species of bush warbler (family Cettiidae). It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage.

Illustration by Keulemans, 1881

It is found from northern Pakistan to central China.

The phylogenetic relationships among the Cettia species are shown below, based on the data by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.[2]

Cettia

Chestnut-headed tesia, C. castaneocoronata

Chestnut-crowned bush warbler, C. major

Grey-sided bush warbler, C. brunnifrons

Cetti's warbler, C. cetti

It split from the Cetti's warbler about 5 million years ago.

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Cettia brunnifrons". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016 e.T22714440A94416870. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22714440A94416870.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Phylogeny Explorer - Birds of the World". birdsoftheworld.org. Retrieved 2026-02-16.