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Martens's warbler

species of bird

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionFeb 6, 2026
Entity authorityQ1923070 ↗
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Martens's warbler (Phylloscopus omeiensis), also known as Omei warbler or Emei Shan warbler, is a species of Old World warbler in the family Phylloscopidae (or Sylviidae). It was first described in 1999. It is found in China and Myanmar. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Martens's warbler was initially placed in the genus Seicercus. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2018 found that neither Phylloscopus nor Seicercus were monophyletic. In the subsequent reorganization the two genera were merged into Phylloscopus which has priority under the rules of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature.

References

Further reading

Alström, P.; Olsson, U. (2000). "Golden‐spectacled warbler systematics". Ibis.

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Editorial reviewA practical orientation to terminology and classification, particularly when read beside dated observations, specimens or technical literature. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1999, 2018, 2000—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Martens's, warbler and species can be independently traced.
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The date and method of observation matter as much as the stated conclusion, especially where classification or consensus has changed. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 6, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1923070. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1999, 2018 and 2000.

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This entry incorporates text from “Martens's warbler” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.