#0736 · 🐦 birds

Icterine Warbler

🇳🇱 Spotvogel ·Hippolais icterina

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

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what is it?

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, melodious warbler. It is migratory, wintering in sub-Saharan Africa.

base stats

NL sightings 78iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 5,799iNaturalist observations
weight 1.7 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

Spotted 78 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
5,799 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 2 g.
Scientifically named by Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1817 (209 years ago).

fact sheet

English: Icterine Warbler
Nederlands: Spotvogel
scientific name: Hippolais icterina
class: Aves
order: Passeriformes
family: Acrocephalidae
IUCN Red List: LC · least concern
sightings in NL: 78
sightings in Europe: 4,279
sightings worldwide: 5,799
GBIF records in NL: 47,360
weight: 1.7 g
length: —
lifespan: —
named: 1817 by Louis Pierre Vieillot

IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.

relatives· Acrocephalidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 116918, Wikidata Q27674, GBIF 2493220, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.