Icterine Warbler
Hippolais icterina
LCLeast Concern
- Family
- Reed Warblers and Allies (Acrocephalidae)
- Order
- Passeriformes
Overview
The icterine warbler (Hippolais icterina) is an Old World warbler in the tree warbler genus Hippolais. It breeds in mainland Europe except the southwest, where it is replaced by its western counterpart, the melodious warbler. It is migratory, wintering in sub-Saharan Africa.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Range and habitat
Breeds central Europe to western Siberia and northern Iran; winters to southern Africa.
Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.
Countries
- Albania
- Algeria
- Angola
- Armenia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Bulgaria
- Burundi
- Chad
- Croatia
- Czechia
- Denmark
- DR Congo
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Estonia
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Finland
- Gabon
- Georgia
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Iran
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kosovo
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malawi
- Mali
- Malta
- Moldova
- Montenegro
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Netherlands
- Nigeria
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Palestine
- Poland
- Republic of the Congo
- Romania
- Russia
- Rwanda
- Saudi Arabia
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Somalia
- South Africa
- Spain
- Sudan
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Tanzania
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Sources and further reading
- Wikipedia: Icterine warbler
- eBird: sightings, maps and photos
- xeno-canto: sound recordings
- Birds of the World: full species account (subscription)
- BirdLife DataZone: status and threats
- IUCN Red List (threat status)
- AviList global checklist (taxonomy)
Last updated September 29, 2026.
