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Yellow-vented warbler

species of bird

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 19, 2026
Entity authorityQ3315809 ↗
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The yellow-vented warbler (Phylloscopus cantator) is a species of leaf warbler (family Phylloscopidae). It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage.

It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, and Thailand. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Description

The yellow-vented warbler has a mass of 6-7 g and a size of about 11 cm (4.3 in).

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This entry incorporates text from “Yellow-vented 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.