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WoodlandCup nestTiny · 11 g
What the Melodious Warbler sounds like
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This is a medium-sized warbler, 12 to 13 cm (4.7 to 5.1 in) in length, and similar to its eastern counterpart, the icterine warbler (Hippolais icterina). The adult has a plain brown back and wings, and yellowish underparts. Compared to the icterine warbler, the upper parts are rather browner and the under parts rather yellower. The bill is strong and pointed and the legs are brown. The sexes are identical, as with most warblers, but young birds are paler on the belly. The song is a pleasant babbling.
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When to see the Melodious Warbler
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 5 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is May, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Melodious Warbler
The map shades 38 countries with regular records, and 6 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Norway, Greece, Niger, Denmark, Iceland, San Marino.
About the Melodious Warbler
The melodious warbler is an Old World warbler in the tree warbler genus Hippolais. It breeds in southwest Europe and northwest Africa. It is migratory, wintering in sub-Saharan Africa. This small passerine bird is a species found in open woodland with bushes. Three to five eggs are laid in a nest in a tree or a bush. This is a common bird in many parts of its wide range and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated its conservation status as being of "least concern".
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Easily confused with
Icterine WarblerHippolais icterinaA fairly big warbler with a large head, broad-based bill and long wings with a quite short square-ended tail.
Olive-tree WarblerHippolais olivetorumThe olive-tree warbler is a relatively large warbler species with a long, thick bill which has on obvious orange -yellow lower mandible.
Upcher's WarblerHippolais languidaUpcher's warbler is an Old World warbler in the tree warbler genus Hippolais.
Side by side: Icterine Warbler vs Melodious Warbler · Melodious Warbler vs Olive-tree Warbler
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