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Arctic Warbler

Phylloscopus borealis · Family Phylloscopidae

Phylloscopus borealis

Family Phylloscopidae

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Phylloscopidae
GBIF occurrence records
116,771
Countries and territories with records
80
Arctic Warbler
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About this species

This species has 116,771 occurrence records from 80 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Taiwan (38.6%), the United States (11.9%), Singapore (9.8%), the Philippines (6.3%) and China (4.7%); together they account for 71.4% of the total. In Taiwan, this species accounts for 0.21% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Phylloscopus borealis combines the genus name Phylloscopus with the species epithet borealis. The Warbla app catalog lists 80 species of the genus Phylloscopus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Phylloscopus collybita, Phylloscopus trochilus and Phylloscopus inornatus.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 79 species of the family Phylloscopidae. This species ranks 8th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Phylloscopus collybita. Its record count is 63.5% of the family average (183,822). The family Phylloscopidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.

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