Sakhalin Leaf-Warbler

Sakhalin Leaf-Warbler

Phylloscopus borealoides

Silhouette: Jiekun He · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at Nagoya

In 3 days <5% in a week ~10%

42 Verified sightings at Nagoya
193 In all 6 parks From 2019 to 2026
April Best month

About the Sakhalin Leaf-Warbler

The Sakhalin leaf warbler (Phylloscopus borealoides) is a species of Old World warbler in the family Phylloscopidae. It is found in Sakhalin, the Kuril Islands and Japan; it winters to the Amami and Okinawa islands and Indochina.

Its natural habitat is temperate forests. It has a long white supercilium and broad, dark brown eye-stripes. Its crown, upper parts, and bill are also dark brown. It has greenish-brown cheeks and its ear-coverts are mottled. Its bill has a pink base that extends to the lower mandible. Its legs are pale pinkish-brown.

It is easily confused with the pale-legged leaf warbler. One possible distinguishing feature is that its upperparts are slightly more greenish. It is more easily distinguished by its lower-pitched vocalizations, but some overlap does exist in the species' pitch ranges.

It nests in shrubs. Wikipedia →

Sounds

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Japan · 2026

© Ding Li Yong · XC1148018 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Call0:15

Singapore · 2026

© Kim Chuah Lim · XC1075519 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Call0:31

Laos · 2022

© Bram Piot · XC700069 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Nikko National Park 🇯🇵 Japan
~10%
2 Khao Luang National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
~10%
3 Khao Sok National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
<5%
4 Kaeng Krachan National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
<5%
5 Doi Inthanon National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
<5%
6 Khao Yai National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Sendai 🇯🇵 Japan
<5%
2 Bangkok 🇹🇭 Thailand
<5%
3 Nagoya 🇯🇵 Japan
<5%
4 Osaka 🇯🇵 Japan
<5%
5 Hangzhou 🇨🇳 China
<5%
6 Hong Kong 🇨🇳 China
<5%
7 Guangzhou 🇨🇳 China
<5%
8 Singapore 🇸🇬 Singapore
<5%
9 Tokyo 🇯🇵 Japan
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Sakhalin Leaf-Warbler in Nagoya?

Rare

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Sakhalin Leaf-Warbler sighting in Nagoya on a given day, based on 42 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 97th most-seen of the 165 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, and over a week to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Sakhalin Leaf-Warbler in Nagoya?

April

In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Sakhalin Leaf-Warbler in Nagoya on a given day, against under 5% in May to March, the lowest months.

Is Nagoya the best place to see a Sakhalin Leaf-Warbler?

Among the best

Of the 9 cities where we can rate Sakhalin Leaf-Warbler sightings, Nagoya ranks 3rd at under 5%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Sendai (Japan, under 5%) and Bangkok (Thailand, under 5%).

Where does the Sakhalin Leaf-Warbler sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Sakhalin Leaf-Warbler is recorded against all the birds logged in Nagoya (42 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.

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