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Birds Korea - conserving birds and habitats in South Korea and the Yellow Sea eco-region |
 | | The Sakhalin Leaf Warbler is listed in the official OBC checklist and in many other recent checklists covering the region as a separate species from the Pale-Legged Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes, primarily on the basis of its song. |
 | | The Pale-legged Leaf Warbler's song is strikingly different, and much more similar to that of Asian Stubtail Urosephena squameiceps, an insect-like "si-si-si-si-si", sometimes given with the rhythm of a Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella, with greater emphasis on the first part of the song, ending with a slight upward inflection (pers obs). |
 | | The Pale-legged Leaf Warbler is, however, a very scarce species, heard by NM on only two dates in 7 years in Fukuoka Prefecture: 4 on May 23 1993 and 1 in late April 1997 (unpublished data). |
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