Dusky Warbler

About this species

This species has 135,439 occurrence records from 70 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Taiwan (15.8%), India (14.7%), Thailand (13.7%), Hong Kong (12.3%) and China (11.8%); together they account for 68.3% of the total. In Taiwan, this species accounts for 0.1% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Phylloscopus fuscatus combines the genus name Phylloscopus with the species epithet fuscatus. 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 6th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Phylloscopus collybita. Its record count is 73.7% of the family average (183,822). The family Phylloscopidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.

More birds in the family Phylloscopidae

• Common Chiffchaff
• Willow Warbler
• Yellow-browed Warbler
• Greenish Warbler
• Hume’s Leaf Warbler
• Arctic Warbler

Credits & data sources

• Wikidata
• GBIF.org