British birds

Home

Newsletter

Locations

Diary

Indexes

Topic

Alpha

County

Sections

Travellers Resource

British Birds

Return to bird index

Old World warblers

Order: Passeriformes Family: Sylviidae Links Old World warblers

A group of small, insectivorous passerine birds. Most are of generally undistinguished appearance, but many have distinctive songs. There are about 408 species worldwide, 49 found in Britain.

Some include Kinglets (Goldcrest and Firecrest) within this group, not included within the 49 count. We have not.

Bird	Latin	Links	Notes
Chiffchaff (Common)	Phylloscopus collybita	Common Chiffchaff RSPB BBC
Blackcap	Sylvia atricapilla	Blackcap RSPB
Whitethroat	Sylvia communis	Whitethroat RSPB
Lesser Whitethroat	Sylvia curruca	Lesser Whitethroat RSPB
Cetti's Warbler	Cettia cetti	Cetti's Warbler RSPB
Dartford Warbler	Sylvia undata	Dartford Warbler RSPB
Garden Warbler	Sylvia borin	Garden Warbler RSPB
Grasshopper Warbler	Locustella naevia	Grasshopper Warbler RSPB
Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus scirpaceus	Reed Warbler RSPB
Sedge Warbler	Acrocephalus schoenobaenus	Sedge Warbler RSPB
Willow Warbler	Phylloscopus trochilus	Willow Warbler RSPB
Wood Warbler	Phylloscopus sibilatrix	Wood Warbler RSPB
Lanceolated Warbler	Locustella lanceolata	Lanceolated Warbler	rare vagrant
Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler	Locustella certhiola	Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler	rare vagrant
River Warbler	Locustella fluviatilis	River Warbler	rare vagrant
Savi's Warbler	Locustella luscinioides	Savi's Warbler	rare breeder
Aquatic Warbler	Acrocephalus paludicola	Aquatic Warbler	rare vagrant
Paddyfield Warbler	Acrocephalus agricola	Paddyfield Warbler	rare vagrant
Blyth's Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus dumetorum	Blyth's Reed Warbler	rare vagrant
Marsh Warbler	Acrocephalus palustris	Marsh Warbler	rare breeder
Great Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus arundinaceus	Great Reed Warbler	rare vagrant
Thick-billed Warbler	Acrocephalus aedon	Thick-billed Warbler	very rare vagrant
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler	Hippolais pallida	Eastern Olivaceous Warbler	very rare vagrant
Booted Warbler	Hippolais caligata	Booted Warbler	rare vagrant
Sykes' Warbler	Hippolais rama	Sykes' Warbler	very rare vagrant
Olive-tree Warbler	Hippolais olivetorum	Olive-tree Warbler	very rare vagrant
Icterine Warbler	Hippolais icterina	Icterine Warbler	vagrant
Melodious Warbler	Hippolais polyglotta	Melodious Warbler	vagrant
Iberian Chiffchaff	Phylloscopus brehmii	Iberian Chiffchaff	very rare vagrant
Western Bonelli's Warbler	Phylloscopus bonelli	Western Bonelli's Warbler	rare vagrant
Eastern Bonelli's Warbler	Phylloscopus orientalis	Eastern Bonelli's Warbler	rare vagrant
Dusky Warbler	Phylloscopus fuscatus	Dusky Warbler	rare vagrant
Radde's Warbler	Phylloscopus schwarzi	Radde's Warbler	rare vagrant
Pallas's Warbler	Phylloscopus proregulus	Pallas's Warbler	rare vagrant
Yellow-browed Warbler	Phylloscopus inornatus	Yellow-browed Warbler	rare vagrant
Hume's Warbler	Phylloscopus humei	Hume's Warbler	rare vagrant
Arctic Warbler	Phylloscopus borealis	Arctic Warbler	rare vagrant
Greenish Warbler	Phylloscopus trochiloides	Greenish Warbler	rare vagrant
Asian Desert Warbler	Sylvia nana	Asian Desert Warbler	rare vagrant
Barred Warbler	Sylvia nisoria	Barred Warbler	rare vagrant
Orphean Warbler	Sylvia hortensis	Orphean Warbler	very rare vagrant
Rüppell's Warbler	Sylvia rueppelli	Rüppell's Warbler	rare vagrant
Subalpine Warbler	Sylvia cantillans	Subalpine Warbler	rare vagrant
Sardinian Warbler	Sylvia melanocephala	Sardinian Warbler	rare vagrant
Spectacled Warbler	Sylvia conspicillata	Spectacled Warbler	very rare vagrant
Marmora's Warbler	Sylvia sarda	Marmora's Warbler	very rare vagrant
Zitting Cisticola	Cisticola juncidis	Zitting Cisticola	very rare vagrant

By: Keith Park	Section: Wildlife	Key:
Page Ref: old_world_warblers	Topic: Birds	Last Updated: 03/2010

This page:

Link directly to this page, with text or the button on right.

Text linking: Bird Species on Photographers Resource

Linking Instructions http://www.photographers-resource.co.uk/