Gould commented 'The true home of the Reguloides superciliosus (the Yellow-browed Warbler of Latham) is in Asia; but it is not confined to that quarter of the globe...and we now know that it has occurred twice in England: hence it has become necessary to give it a place in the Birds of Great Britain.'

The adult warblers are depicted on a Common Birch branch with catkins.

DISTRIBUTION: Breeding distribution eastern Eurasia from Urals and northern Siberia south to Kazakhstan, west China, Tibet, Afghanistan and north India. Winters from Near East, Egypt and Libya east to southeast Asia. Regular vagrant to Britain, mainly in the autumn