#0847 · 🐦 birds

Melodious Warbler

🇳🇱 Orpheusspotvogel ·Hippolais polyglotta

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

7 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © naturpel · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © João Esteves · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Pep Cantó · CC BY-NC 4.0
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6. © ARSENIO GONZALEZ NAVARRO · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © naturpel · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The melodious warbler ( Hippolais polyglotta ) 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...

base stats

NL sightings 11iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 6,193iNaturalist observations
weight 13.2 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).