Passeriformes

Old World Warblers (Sylviidae)

HBW 11, p. 492

Small to medium-sized, slender passerines, having generally thin, pointed bill with bristles at base, tail very long to almost absent; plumage mostly plain, often brownish, greyish or green-tinged, some species with bright colours.
Old World.
Most vegetated habitats, from forest to scrub, grassland and reedbeds and swamps.
42 genera, 270 species, 660 taxa.
32 species threatened; 1 species (almost certainly) and 8 subspecies extinct since 1600.

List of species:

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2 1 1 8 22 Chestnut-headed Tesia (Oligura castaneocoronata)
3 3 8 25 Javan Tesia (Tesia superciliaris)
1 1 8 23 Slaty-bellied Tesia (Tesia olivea)
5 3 2 8 24 Grey-bellied Tesia (Tesia cyaniventer)
0 8 26 Russet-capped Tesia (Tesia everetti)
0 8 29 Timor Stubtail (Urosphena subulata)
0 8 28 Bornean Stubtail (Urosphena whiteheadi)
3 1 2 8 27 Asian Stubtail (Urosphena squameiceps)
0 8 30 Pale-footed Bush-warbler (Cettia pallidipes)
8 1 1 6 8 31 Japanese Bush-warbler (Cettia diphone)
4 3 1 8 32 Philippine Bush-warbler (Cettia seebohmi)
0 8 33 Palau Bush-warbler (Cettia annae)
0 8 34 Shade Warbler (Cettia parens)
0 8 36 Fiji Bush-warbler (Cettia ruficapilla)
0 6 40 Tanimbar Bush-warbler (Cettia carolinae)
1 1 8 37 Brownish-flanked Bush-warbler (Cettia fortipes)
4 1 1 2 8 38 Sunda Bush-warbler (Cettia vulcania)
0 8 39 Chestnut-crowned Bush-warbler (Cettia major)
2 1 1 8 41 Aberrant Bush-warbler (Cettia flavolivacea)
1 1 8 42 Yellowish-bellied Bush-warbler (Cettia acanthizoides)
1 1 8 43 Grey-sided Bush-warbler (Cettia brunnifrons)
10 1 6 3 8 44 Cetti's Warbler (Cettia cetti)
3 2 1 8 45 Little Rush-warbler (Bradypterus baboecala)
0 6 48 Dja River Scrub-warbler (Bradypterus grandis)
0 8 46 White-winged Warbler (Bradypterus carpalis)
0 3 47 Grauer's Swamp-warbler (Bradypterus graueri)
0 8 49 Bamboo Warbler (Bradypterus alfredi)
1 1 4 50 Knysna Warbler (Bradypterus sylvaticus)
0 8 51 Evergreen-forest Warbler (Bradypterus lopezi)
0 8 52 Barratt's Scrub-warbler (Bradypterus barratti)
0 6 54 Bangwa Forest-warbler (Bradypterus bangwaensis)
3 1 2 8 53 Cinnamon Bracken-warbler (Bradypterus cinnamomeus)
4 1 3 8 55 Victorin's Scrub-warbler (Bradypterus victorini)
1 1 8 56 Spotted Bush-warbler (Bradypterus thoracicus)
0 8 59 Chinese Bush-warbler (Bradypterus tacsanowskius)
0 8 63 Benguet Bush-warbler (Bradypterus seebohmi)
0 8 60 Brown Bush-warbler (Bradypterus luteoventris)
2 2 8 61 Taiwan Bush-warbler (Bradypterus alishanensis)
1 1 6 70 Sri Lankan Bush-warbler (Elaphrornis palliseri)
3 1 1 1 8 67 Friendly Bush-warbler (Bradypterus accentor)
1 1 8 66 Long-tailed Bush-warbler (Bradypterus caudatus)
1 1 8 68 Chestnut-backed Bush-warbler (Bradypterus castaneus)
0 8 69 Brown Emu-tail (Dromaeocercus brunneus)
2 1 1 8 1 Madagascan Grassbird (Amphilais seebohmi)
0 0 75 Aldabra Brush-warbler (Nesillas aldabrana)
1 1 8 71 Madagascar Brush-warbler (Nesillas typica)
0 8 73 Grand Comoro Brush-warbler (Nesillas brevicaudata)
0 8 74 Moheli Brush-warbler (Nesillas mariae)
1 1 8 76 Thamnornis Warbler (Thamnornis chloropetoides)
2 2 8 77 Moustached Grass-warbler (Melocichla mentalis)
8 1 2 5 8 78 Cape Grass-warbler (Sphenoeacus afer)
6 1 4 1 8 79 Lanceolated Warbler (Locustella lanceolata)
9 1 1 7 8 80 Western Grasshopper-warbler (Locustella naevia)
1 1 8 83 Pallas's Grasshopper-warbler (Locustella certhiola)
4 1 3 8 84 Middendorff's Warbler (Locustella ochotensis)
1 1 4 85 Pleske's Warbler (Locustella pleskei)
5 3 2 8 81 River Warbler (Locustella fluviatilis)
3 1 2 8 82 Savi's Warbler (Locustella luscinioides)
0 8 86 Gray's Warbler (Locustella fasciolata)
3 1 2 8 87 Moustached Warbler (Acrocephalus melanopogon)
3 2 1 4 88 Aquatic Warbler (Acrocephalus paludicola)
27 2 5 20 8 89 Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
0 4 90 Streaked Reed-warbler (Acrocephalus sorghophilus)
23 5 10 8 8 91 Black-browed Reed-warbler (Acrocephalus bistrigiceps)
3 1 2 8 93 Paddyfield Warbler (Acrocephalus agricola)
0 8 94 Blunt-winged Warbler (Acrocephalus concinens)
19 4 5 10 8 95 Eurasian Reed-warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)
3 1 1 1 8 96 African Reed-warbler (Acrocephalus baeticatus)
7 4 2 1 8 97 Blyth's Reed-warbler (Acrocephalus dumetorum)
6 1 1 4 8 98 Marsh Warbler (Acrocephalus palustris)
15 1 7 7 8 99 Great Reed-warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus)
7 1 2 4 8 100 Oriental Reed-warbler (Acrocephalus orientalis)
9 3 3 3 8 101 Clamorous Reed-warbler (Acrocephalus stentoreus)
0 7 102 Large-billed Reed-warbler (Acrocephalus orinus)
1 1 3 103 Basra Reed-warbler (Acrocephalus griseldis)
4 1 3 8 104 Australian Reed-warbler (Acrocephalus australis)
2 2 2 105 Nightingale Reed-warbler (Acrocephalus luscinius)
1 1 8 106 Caroline Reed-warbler (Acrocephalus syrinx)
0 4 107 Nauru Reed-warbler (Acrocephalus rehsei)
0 2 108 Millerbird (Acrocephalus familiaris)
1 1 3 109 Kiritimati Reed-warbler (Acrocephalus aequinoctialis)
0 3 110 Tahiti Reed-warbler (Acrocephalus caffer)
1 1 8 111 Tuamotu Reed-warbler (Acrocephalus atyphus)
0 4 112 Rimatara Reed-warbler (Acrocephalus rimitarae)
0 3 113 Pitcairn Reed-warbler (Acrocephalus vaughani)
0 4 114 Henderson Reed-warbler (Acrocephalus taiti)
1 1 8 115 Marquesan Reed-warbler (Acrocephalus mendanae)
0 6 116 Cook Reed-warbler (Acrocephalus kerearako)
3 3 8 117 Greater Swamp-warbler (Acrocephalus rufescens)
0 3 118 Cape Verde Swamp-warbler (Acrocephalus brevipennis)
2 2 8 119 Lesser Swamp-warbler (Acrocephalus gracilirostris)
2 1 1 8 120 Madagascar Swamp-warbler (Acrocephalus newtoni)
2 1 1 8 121 Thick-billed Warbler (Acrocephalus aedon)
0 3 122 Rodrigues Brush-warbler (Acrocephalus rodericanus)
3 1 2 4 123 Seychelles Brush-warbler (Acrocephalus sechellensis)
5 3 2 8 124 Booted Warbler (Hippolais caligata)
3 3 8 125 Sykes's Warbler (Hippolais rama)
7 3 2 2 8 127 Olivaceous Warbler (Hippolais pallida)
1 1 8 128 Upcher's Warbler (Hippolais languida)
1 1 8 129 Olive-tree Warbler (Hippolais olivetorum)
26 3 5 18 8 130 Melodious Warbler (Hippolais polyglotta)
4 1 2 1 8 131 Icterine Warbler (Hippolais icterina)
3 1 2 8 132 African Yellow Warbler (Chloropeta natalensis)
1 1 8 133 Mountain Yellow Warbler (Chloropeta similis)
7 5 2 4 134 Papyrus Yellow Warbler (Chloropeta gracilirostris)
0 8 221 Grauer's Forest-warbler (Graueria vittata)
1 1 8 223 Yellow-vented Eremomela (Eremomela flavicrissalis)
2 1 1 8 222 Yellow-bellied Eremomela (Eremomela icteropygialis)
3 1 2 8 224 Senegal Eremomela (Eremomela pusilla)
1 1 8 225 Green-backed Eremomela (Eremomela canescens)
1 1 8 226 Green-capped Eremomela (Eremomela scotops)
0 8 227 Karoo Eremomela (Eremomela gregalis)
1 1 8 229 Rufous-crowned Eremomela (Eremomela badiceps)
0 3 230 Turner's Eremomela (Eremomela turneri)
0 8 231 Black-necked Eremomela (Eremomela atricollis)
0 8 228 Burnt-necked Eremomela (Eremomela usticollis)
3 1 2 8 241 Rand's Warbler (Randia pseudozosterops)
1 1 8 242 Dark Newtonia (Newtonia amphichroa)
1 1 8 243 Common Newtonia (Newtonia brunneicauda)
2 1 1 8 244 Archbold's Newtonia (Newtonia archboldi)
0 4 245 Red-tailed Newtonia (Newtonia fanovanae)
1 1 8 146 Cryptic Warbler (Cryptosylvicola randrianasoloi)
2 1 1 8 238 Green Crombec (Sylvietta virens)
1 1 8 239 Lemon-bellied Crombec (Sylvietta denti)
0 8 240 White-browed Crombec (Sylvietta leucophrys)
7 1 6 8 232 Northern Crombec (Sylvietta brachyura)
1 1 7 234 Philippa's Crombec (Sylvietta philippae)
0 8 237 Red-capped Crombec (Sylvietta ruficapilla)
5 3 2 8 233 Red-faced Crombec (Sylvietta whytii)
0 8 236 Somali Crombec (Sylvietta isabellina)
3 1 2 8 235 Long-billed Crombec (Sylvietta rufescens)
1 1 8 21 Neumann's Warbler (Hemitesia neumanni)
0 8 136 Kemp's Longbill (Macrosphenus kempi)
0 8 135 Yellow Longbill (Macrosphenus flavicans)
3 3 8 137 Grey Longbill (Macrosphenus concolor)
1 1 3 138 Pulitzer's Longbill (Macrosphenus pulitzeri)
0 8 139 Kretschmer's Longbill (Macrosphenus kretschmeri)
0 4 145 Bocage's Longbill (Amaurocichla bocagii)
1 1 8 144 Green Hylia (Hylia prasina)
2 1 1 8 151 Red-faced Woodland-warbler (Phylloscopus laetus)
0 8 150 Laura's Woodland-warbler (Phylloscopus laurae)
0 8 149 Yellow-throated Wood-warbler (Phylloscopus ruficapilla)
0 8 153 Uganda Wood-warbler (Phylloscopus budongoensis)
2 1 1 8 154 Brown Woodland-warbler (Phylloscopus umbrovirens)
0 8 152 Black-capped Woodland-warbler (Phylloscopus herberti)
31 2 11 18 8 155 Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
9 1 5 3 8 158 Canary Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus canariensis)
55 5 17 33 8 156 Common Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
2 1 1 8 157 Iberian Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus ibericus)
1 1 8 159 Mountain Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus sindianus)
2 2 8 160 Plain Leaf-warbler (Phylloscopus neglectus)
8 2 6 8 161 Western Bonelli's Warbler (Phylloscopus bonelli)
4 1 2 1 8 162 Eastern Bonelli's Warbler (Phylloscopus orientalis)
11 1 1 9 8 163 Wood Warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix)
5 1 2 2 8 164 Dusky Warbler (Phylloscopus fuscatus)
0 8 165 Smoky Warbler (Phylloscopus fuligiventer)
6 1 2 3 8 166 Tickell's Leaf-warbler (Phylloscopus affinis)
1 1 8 167 Brooks's Leaf-warbler (Phylloscopus subaffinis)
1 1 8 168 Sulphur-bellied Warbler (Phylloscopus griseolus)
3 2 1 8 169 Yellow-streaked Warbler (Phylloscopus armandii)
6 3 3 8 170 Radde's Warbler (Phylloscopus schwarzi)
2 1 1 8 171 Buff-barred Warbler (Phylloscopus pulcher)
5 2 3 8 172 Ashy-throated Warbler (Phylloscopus maculipennis)
2 1 1 8 176 Lemon-rumped Leaf-warbler (Phylloscopus chloronotus)
3 1 2 8 175 Pallas's Leaf-warbler (Phylloscopus proregulus)
1 1 8 173 Gansu Leaf-warbler (Phylloscopus kansuensis)
3 1 1 1 8 174 Chinese Leaf-warbler (Phylloscopus yunnanensis)
0 8 177 Brooks' Leaf-warbler (Phylloscopus subviridis)
9 1 2 6 8 178 Yellow-browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus)
6 1 1 4 8 179 Hume's Leaf-warbler (Phylloscopus humei)
5 2 3 8 180 Arctic Warbler (Phylloscopus borealis)
6 1 3 2 8 182 Greenish Warbler (Phylloscopus trochiloides)
3 2 1 8 184 Pale-legged Leaf-warbler (Phylloscopus tenellipes)
0 8 185 Sakhalin Leaf-warbler (Phylloscopus borealoides)
5 2 2 1 8 186 Large-billed Leaf-warbler (Phylloscopus magnirostris)
3 1 1 1 6 187 Tytler's Leaf-warbler (Phylloscopus tytleri)
0 8 188 Western Crowned Leaf-warbler (Phylloscopus occipitalis)
3 1 2 8 189 Eastern Crowned Leaf-warbler (Phylloscopus coronatus)
4 4 4 190 Ijima's Leaf-warbler (Phylloscopus ijimae)
6 1 3 2 8 191 Blyth's Leaf-warbler (Phylloscopus reguloides)
0 4 194 Hainan Leaf-warbler (Phylloscopus hainanus)
0 8 192 Emei Leaf-warbler (Phylloscopus emeiensis)
5 1 4 8 193 White-tailed Leaf-warbler (Phylloscopus davisoni)
1 1 8 195 Yellow-vented Warbler (Phylloscopus cantator)
1 1 8 196 Sulphur-breasted Warbler (Phylloscopus ricketti)
3 2 1 8 198 Lemon-throated Leaf-warbler (Phylloscopus cebuensis)
4 1 1 2 8 199 Mountain Leaf-warbler (Phylloscopus trivirgatus)
0 8 200 Sulawesi Leaf-warbler (Phylloscopus sarasinorum)
6 6 8 201 Timor Leaf-warbler (Phylloscopus presbytes)
2 2 8 202 Island Leaf-warbler (Phylloscopus poliocephalus)
3 3 8 197 Philippine Leaf-warbler (Phylloscopus olivaceus)
0 8 203 San Cristobal Leaf-warbler (Phylloscopus makirensis)
0 4 204 Kolombangara Leaf-warbler (Phylloscopus amoenus)
6 1 1 4 8 206 Green-crowned Warbler (Seicercus burkii)
1 1 8 212 Grey-hooded Warbler (Seicercus xanthoschistos)
2 1 1 8 205 White-spectacled Warbler (Seicercus affinis)
2 1 1 8 213 Grey-cheeked Warbler (Seicercus poliogenys)
3 1 1 1 8 214 Chestnut-crowned Warbler (Seicercus castaniceps)
2 1 1 8 215 Yellow-breasted Warbler (Seicercus montis)
1 1 8 216 Sunda Warbler (Seicercus grammiceps)
3 1 2 8 218 Rufous-faced Warbler (Abroscopus albogularis)
2 1 1 8 220 Yellow-bellied Warbler (Abroscopus superciliaris)
1 1 8 219 Black-faced Warbler (Abroscopus schisticeps)
0 8 217 Broad-billed Warbler (Tickellia hodgsoni)
1 1 8 140 Yellow-bellied Hyliota (Hyliota flavigaster)
0 8 141 Southern Hyliota (Hyliota australis)
0 3 142 Usambara Hyliota (Hyliota usambara)
3 3 8 143 Violet-backed Hyliota (Hyliota violacea)
2 2 6 2 Marsh Grassbird (Megalurus pryeri)
9 1 8 8 3 Tawny Grassbird (Megalurus timoriensis)
4 1 3 8 7 Little Grassbird (Megalurus gramineus)
4 2 2 8 5 Striated Grassbird (Megalurus palustris)
0 4 6 Fly River Grassbird (Megalurus albolimbatus)
4 1 3 8 8 Fernbird (Megalurus punctatus)
7 2 5 8 10 Brown Songlark (Cincloramphus cruralis)
5 1 1 3 8 9 Rufous Songlark (Cincloramphus mathewsi)
1 1 8 11 Spinifexbird (Eremiornis carteri)
0 8 12 Buff-banded Bushbird (Buettikoferella bivittata)
0 8 13 New Caledonian Thicketbird (Megalurulus mariei)
0 6 14 Melanesian Thicketbird (Megalurulus whitneyi)
0 8 15 Rusty Thicketbird (Megalurulus rubiginosus)
0 3 16 Thicketbird (Megalurulus rufus)
0 4 17 Bristled Grassbird (Chaetornis striata)
3 3 6 18 Rufous-rumped Grassbird (Graminicola bengalensis)
0 4 19 Broad-tailed Grassbird (Schoenicola platyurus)
0 8 20 Fan-tailed Grassbird (Schoenicola brevirostris)
0 4 266 Yemen Warbler (Sylvia buryi)
71 5 15 51 8 246 Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
15 1 7 7 8 247 Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin)
31 4 6 21 8 255 Greater Whitethroat (Sylvia communis)
8 3 1 4 8 249 Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca)
2 1 1 8 250 Small Whitethroat (Sylvia minula)
0 8 251 Hume's Whitethroat (Sylvia althaea)
3 2 1 8 254 Desert Warbler (Sylvia nana)
7 1 6 8 248 Barred Warbler (Sylvia nisoria)
10 1 4 5 8 252 Orphean Warbler (Sylvia hortensis)
0 8 253 Arabian Warbler (Sylvia leucomelaena)
3 3 8 264 Rüppell's Warbler (Sylvia rueppelli)
9 1 3 5 8 261 Subalpine Warbler (Sylvia cantillans)
41 2 9 30 8 262 Sardinian Warbler (Sylvia melanocephala)
1 1 8 265 Cyprus Warbler (Sylvia melanothorax)
2 2 8 263 Menetries' Warbler (Sylvia mystacea)
16 2 7 7 8 260 Spectacled Warbler (Sylvia conspicillata)
2 1 1 8 259 Tristram's Warbler (Sylvia deserticola)
9 2 1 6 6 256 Dartford Warbler (Sylvia undata)
4 1 3 8 257 Marmora's Warbler (Sylvia sarda)
1 1 8 269 Layard's Warbler (Sylvia layardi)
4 1 1 2 8 268 Chestnut-vented Warbler (Sylvia subcaerulea)
1 1 8 267 Brown Warbler (Sylvia lugens)
0 8 270 Banded Warbler (Sylvia boehmi)
1 1 8 147 White-throated Oxylabes (Oxylabes madagascariensis)
1 1 6 148 Madagascar Yellowbrow (Crossleyia xanthophrys)
0 6 35 Odedi Bush-warbler (Cettia haddeni)
1 1 8 57 Siberian Bush-warbler (Bradypterus davidi)
0 6 58 Long-billed Bush-warbler (Bradypterus major)
0 8 62 Russet Bush-warbler (Bradypterus mandelli)
0 8 64 Javan Bush-warbler (Bradypterus montis)
0 6 65 Timor Scrub Warbler (Bradypterus timorensis)
2 2 8 72 Subdesert Brush-warbler (Nesillas lantzii)
0 4 92 Manchurian Reed-warbler (Acrocephalus tangorum)
3 1 2 8 126 Isabelline Warbler (Hippolais opaca)
1 1 7 183 Two-barred Warbler (Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus)
2 2 7 181 Green Leaf-warbler (Phylloscopus nitidus)
0 8 207 Grey-crowned Warbler (Seicercus tephrocephalus)
0 8 208 Martens's Warbler (Seicercus omeiensis)
1 1 8 209 Whistler's Warbler (Seicercus whistleri)
1 1 8 210 Bianchi's Warbler (Seicercus valentini)
5 3 2 8 211 Alström's Warbler (Seicercus soror)
3 1 1 1 7 4 Papuan Grassbird (Megalurus macrurus)
0 7 258 Balearic Warbler (Sylvia balearica)

Family statistics

42 genera, 270 species

921 files covering
34 genera	(81%)
183 species	(68%)

510 videos covering
29 genera	(69%)
138 species	(51%)

309 photographs covering
25 genera	(60%)
144 species	(53%)

102 sound recordings covering
15 genera	(36%)
59 species	(22%)

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