#0762 · 🐦 birds

Wood Warbler

🇳🇱 Fluiter ·Phylloscopus sibilatrix

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

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what is it?

The wood warbler ( Phylloscopus sibilatrix ) is a common and widespread leaf warbler which breeds throughout northern and temperate Europe, and just into the extreme west of Asian Russia in the southern Ural Mountains.

base stats

NL sightings 42iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 9,094iNaturalist observations
weight 10 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 42 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
9,094 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 10 g.
Scientifically named by Johann Matthäus Bechstein in 1793 (233 years ago).

fact sheet

English: Wood Warbler
Nederlands: Fluiter
scientific name: Phylloscopus sibilatrix
class: Aves
order: Passeriformes
family: Phylloscopidae
IUCN Red List: LC · least concern
sightings in NL: 42
sightings in Europe: 7,419
sightings worldwide: 9,094
GBIF records in NL: 8,981
weight: 10 g
length: —
lifespan: —
named: 1793 by Johann Matthäus Bechstein

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

relatives· Phylloscopidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 117048, Wikidata Q27075477, GBIF 8128385, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.