An Old World warbler in the Phyllo-
scopidae family...most common on
the islands of Sumatra and Borneo.
Phylloscopus montis
(L 3.7")
Mount Kinabalu Nat’l Park
31Jul2018
© Peter
Boesman
xeno-canto
Phylloscopus is Greek
for leaf
watcher; montis is Latin for
mountain.
A small bird came toward the skiff from the
north. He was a warbler and flying very low
over the water. The old man could see that he
was very tired.
(The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway)