# Timor leaf warbler

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{{Short description|Species of bird}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Timor leaf warbler.png
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 12 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2019 |title=''Phylloscopus presbytes'' |volume=2019 |article-number=e.T155223332A155224802 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T155223332A155224802.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref>
| taxon = Phylloscopus presbytes
| authority = ([Blyth](/source/Edward_Blyth), 1870)
| synonyms =
}}

The '''Timor leaf warbler''' ('''''Phylloscopus presbytes''''') is a species of [Old World warbler](/source/Old_World_warbler) in the family [Phylloscopidae](/source/Phylloscopidae). It is found on the islands of [Timor](/source/Timor) and [Flores](/source/Flores) in the [Lesser Sunda Islands](/source/Lesser_Sunda_Islands). Its closest relative is the [Rote leaf warbler](/source/Rote_leaf_warbler).

==Taxonomy==
The Timor leaf warbler was [formally described](/source/species_description) in 1870 as ''Sylvia presbytes'' by the English zoologist [Edward Blyth](/source/Edward_Blyth) based on a specimen collected on the island of Timor.<ref>{{ cite journal | last=Blyth | first=Edward | author-link=Edward Blyth | year=1870 | title=Notes relating chiefly to the birds of India | journal=Ibis | series=2nd series | volume=6 | issue=22 | pages=157-176 [169] | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16187108 }}</ref><ref>{{ cite book | editor1-last=Mayr | editor1-first=Ernst | editor1-link=Ernst Mayr | editor2-last=Cottrell | editor2-first=G. William | year=1986 | title=Check-list of Birds of the World | volume=11 | publisher=Museum of Comparative Zoology | place=Cambridge, Massachusetts | page=253 | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14483954 }}</ref> The specific epithet is from [Ancient Greek](/source/Ancient_Greek) πρεσβυτης/''presbutēs'' meaning "old man".<ref>{{ cite web | last=Jobling | first=James A. | title=presbytes | work=The Key to Scientific Names | url=https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/key-to-scientific-names/search?q=presbytes | publisher=Cornell Lab of Ornithology | access-date=3 August 2025 }}</ref> The Timor leaf warbler is now one of 80 species placed in the genus ''[Phylloscopus](/source/Phylloscopus)'' that was introduced in 1826 by [Friedrich Boie](/source/Friedrich_Boie).<ref name=avilist>{{ cite web | author=AviList Core Team | date=2025 | title=AviList: The Global Avian Checklist, v2025 | doi=10.2173/avilist.v2025 | doi-access=free | url=http://www.avilist.org/checklist/v2025/ | access-date=28 November 2025 }}</ref>

Two [subspecies](/source/subspecies) are recognised:<ref name=avilist/>
* ''P. p. presbytes'' ([Blyth, E](/source/Edward_Blyth), 1870) – [Timor](/source/Timor) (eastern [Lesser Sunda Islands](/source/Lesser_Sunda_Islands))
* ''P. p. floresianus'' ([Dickinson, EC](/source/Edward_C._Dickinson) & [Christidis, L](/source/Leslie_Christidis), 2014) – [Flores](/source/Flores) (western [Lesser Sunda Islands](/source/Lesser_Sunda_Islands))

The subspecies ''P. p. floresianus'' has sometimes been considered as a separate species, the Flores leaf warbler.<ref name=ioc>{{cite web| editor1-last=Gill | editor1-first=Frank | editor1-link=Frank Gill (ornithologist) | editor2-last=Donsker | editor2-first=David | editor3-last=Rasmussen | editor3-first=Pamela | editor3-link=Pamela C. Rasmussen | date=February 2025 | title=Bushtits, leaf warblers, reed warblers | work=IOC World Bird List Version 15.1 | url=https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/bushtits/ | publisher=International Ornithologists' Union | access-date=28 November 2025 }}</ref> The two subspecies have similar plumage and vocalizations,<ref name=ng>{{Cite journal | last1=Ng | first1=N.S.R. | last2=Prawiradilaga | first2=D.M. | last3=Ng | first3=E.Y.X. | last4=Suparno | last5=Ashari | first5=H. | last6=Trainor | first6=C. | last7=Verbelen | first7=P. | last8=Rheindt | first8=F.E. | date=2018 | title=A striking new species of leaf warbler from the Lesser Sundas as uncovered through morphology and genomics | journal=Scientific Reports | volume=8 | issue=1 | article-number=15646 | doi=10.1038/s41598-018-34101-7 | doi-access=free | pmc=6199301 }}</ref> but have modest differences in their mitochondrial DNA sequences.<ref name=avilist/><ref>{{Cite journal | last1=Reeve | first1=A.H. | last2=Kennedy | first2=J.D. | last3=Pujolar | first3=J.M. | last4=Petersen | first4=B. | last5=Blom | first5=M.P.K. | last6=Alström | first6=P. | last7=Haryoko | first7=T. | last8=Ericson | first8=P.G.P. | last9=Irestedt | first9=M. | last10=Nylander | first10=J.A.A. | last11=Jønsson | first11=K.A. | date=2023 | title=The formation of the Indo-Pacific montane avifauna | journal=Nature Communications | volume=14 | issue=1 | pages=8215 | doi=10.1038/s41467-023-43964-y | doi-access=free }}<!--Supp Fig 6--></ref> The Timor leaf warbler is most closely related to the [Rote leaf warbler](/source/Rote_leaf_warbler) (''Phylloscopus rotiensis'').<ref name=ng/>

==References==
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