Mountain yellow warbler
The mountain yellow warbler or mountain flycatcher-warbler (Iduna similis) is a species of Acrocephalidae warbler; formerly, these were placed in the paraphyletic "Old World warblers".
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Acrocephalidae |
| Genus: | Iduna |
| Species: | I. similis |
| Binomial name | |
| Iduna similis Richmond, 1897 | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Chloropeta similis | |
Range and habitat
It is found in Burundi, DRC, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland.
References
- Based on maps in the Handbook of the Birds of the World, the BirdLife Datazone and others.
- BirdLife International 2004. Chloropeta similis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 10 July 2007.
- Fregin, S., M. Haase, U. Olsson, and P. Alström. 2009. Multi-locus phylogeny of the family Acrocephalidae (Aves: Passeriformes) - the traditional taxonomy overthrown. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 52: 866–878.
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