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#1222 · 🐦 birds

Green Warbler

🇳🇱 Groene Fitis ·Phylloscopus nitidus

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in Europe, not in NL
Green Warbler, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Геннадий · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The green warbler alternatively named green willow warbler or green leaf warbler ( Phylloscopus nitidus ) is a leaf warbler found in the Caucasus Mountains in southcentral Europe.

base stats

  • NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 992iNaturalist observations
  • 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

  • No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
  • 992 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by Edward Blyth in 1843 (183 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Green Warbler
Nederlands
Groene Fitis
scientific name
Phylloscopus nitidus
class
Aves
order
Passeriformes
family
Phylloscopidae
IUCN Red List
LC · least concern
sightings in NL
0
sightings in Europe
184
sightings worldwide
992
GBIF records in NL
0
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1843 by Edward Blyth

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

relatives· Phylloscopidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 144925, Wikidata Q2672900, GBIF 4408819, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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