Leaf Warblers in China
Our list for China has 4 leaf warblers recorded regularly there: 2 summer visitors, 1 winter visitor and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in China in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 4, most common first
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusWinter visitorCommon10–11 cmRegularly Aug–May
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorRare10–12 cmRegularly Jan–Oct
Sulphur-bellied WarblerPhylloscopus griseolusSummer visitorRare11–12 cmRegularly May–Jul
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly Oct
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Yellow-browed Warbler 10–11 cm
- Chiffchaff 10–12 cm
- Sulphur-bellied Warbler 11–12 cm
- Willow Warbler 11–13 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made