Dohrn's Warbler

Overview

Dohrn's Warbler (Sylvia dohrni) is a species of Sylviid Babblers (Sylviidae) in the order Perching Birds (Passerines).

Scientific Classification

Genus: Sylvia; binomial: Sylvia dohrni; authority: (Hartlaub, 1866).

Distribution

Breeding range: Africa.

Conservation Status

This taxon is listed as Extant (living) in the IOC World Bird List.

Remarks

Formerly placed in the monotypic genus Horizorhinus but dohrni is sister to other species in a subclade of babblers which, in turn is sister to Sylvia including those formerly placed in Pseudoalcippe. Place in Sylvia and change English name from Dohrn's Thrush-babbler to Dohrn's Warbler (Voelker et al. 2009; Moyle et al. 2012; Dickinson & Christidis 2014; Cai et al. 2019).