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Passeriformes

Old World Warblers (Sylviidae)

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, 272 species, 660 taxa.
32 species threatened; 1 species (almost certainly) and 8 subspecies extinct since 1600.

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4 1 3 8 1 Madagascan Grassbird (Amphilais seebohmi)
7 1 4 2 6 2 Marsh Grassbird (Megalurus pryeri)
29 3 15 11 8 3 Tawny Grassbird (Megalurus timoriensis)
3 1 1 1 7 4 Papuan Grassbird (Megalurus macrurus)
13 3 5 5 8 5 Striated Grassbird (Megalurus palustris)
0 4 6 Fly River Grassbird (Megalurus albolimbatus)
11 3 4 4 8 7 Little Grassbird (Megalurus gramineus)
22 5 7 10 8 8 Fernbird (Megalurus punctatus)
13 2 4 7 8 9 Rufous Songlark (Cincloramphus mathewsi)
11 1 3 7 8 10 Brown Songlark (Cincloramphus cruralis)
3 2 1 8 11 Spinifexbird (Eremiornis carteri)
2 2 8 12 Buff-banded Bushbird (Buettikoferella bivittata)
1 1 8 13 New Caledonian Thicketbird (Megalurulus mariei)
0 6 14 Melanesian Thicketbird (Megalurulus whitneyi)
0 8 15 Rusty Thicketbird (Megalurulus rubiginosus)
0 3 16 Long-legged Thicketbird (Megalurulus rufus)
2 2 4 17 Bristled Grassbird (Chaetornis striata)
6 2 1 3 6 18 Rufous-rumped Grassbird (Graminicola bengalensis)
1 1 4 19 Broad-tailed Grassbird (Schoenicola platyurus)
0 8 20 Fan-tailed Grassbird (Schoenicola brevirostris)
1 1 8 21 Neumann's Warbler (Hemitesia neumanni)
6 2 3 1 8 22 Chestnut-headed Tesia (Oligura castaneocoronata)
5 1 2 2 8 23 Slaty-bellied Tesia (Tesia olivea)
8 3 3 2 8 24 Grey-bellied Tesia (Tesia cyaniventer)
5 1 1 3 8 25 Javan Tesia (Tesia superciliaris)
1 1 8 26 Russet-capped Tesia (Tesia everetti)
8 2 1 5 8 27 Asian Stubtail (Urosphena squameiceps)
5 1 3 1 8 28 Bornean Stubtail (Urosphena whiteheadi)
3 1 2 8 29 Timor Stubtail (Urosphena subulata)
0 8 30 Pale-footed Bush-warbler (Cettia pallidipes)
20 4 4 12 8 31 Japanese Bush-warbler (Cettia diphone)
6 1 3 2 8 32 Philippine Bush-warbler (Cettia seebohmi)
0 8 33 Palau Bush-warbler (Cettia annae)
0 8 34 Shade Warbler (Cettia parens)
0 6 35 Odedi Bush-warbler (Cettia haddeni)
18 10 2 6 8 36 Fiji Bush-warbler (Cettia ruficapilla)
9 1 5 3 8 37 Brownish-flanked Bush-warbler (Cettia fortipes)
5 1 2 2 8 38 Sunda Bush-warbler (Cettia vulcania)
1 1 8 39 Chestnut-crowned Bush-warbler (Cettia major)
3 1 2 6 40 Tanimbar Bush-warbler (Cettia carolinae)
3 1 2 8 41 Aberrant Bush-warbler (Cettia flavolivacea)
13 3 6 4 8 42 Yellowish-bellied Bush-warbler (Cettia acanthizoides)
3 2 1 8 43 Grey-sided Bush-warbler (Cettia brunnifrons)
26 5 15 6 8 44 Cetti's Warbler (Cettia cetti)
6 1 3 2 8 45 Little Rush-warbler (Bradypterus baboecala)
2 2 8 46 White-winged Warbler (Bradypterus carpalis)
1 1 3 47 Grauer's Swamp-warbler (Bradypterus graueri)
0 6 48 Dja River Scrub-warbler (Bradypterus grandis)
0 8 49 Bamboo Warbler (Bradypterus alfredi)
2 1 1 4 50 Knysna Warbler (Bradypterus sylvaticus)
2 2 8 51 Evergreen-forest Warbler (Bradypterus lopezi)
1 1 8 52 Barratt's Scrub-warbler (Bradypterus barratti)
6 4 2 8 53 Cinnamon Bracken-warbler (Bradypterus cinnamomeus)
1 1 6 54 Bangwa Forest-warbler (Bradypterus bangwaensis)
5 1 1 3 8 55 Victorin's Scrub-warbler (Bradypterus victorini)
4 2 2 8 56 Spotted Bush-warbler (Bradypterus thoracicus)
1 1 8 57 Siberian Bush-warbler (Bradypterus davidi)
0 6 58 Long-billed Bush-warbler (Bradypterus major)
0 8 59 Chinese Bush-warbler (Bradypterus tacsanowskius)
1 1 8 60 Brown Bush-warbler (Bradypterus luteoventris)
9 3 1 5 8 61 Taiwan Bush-warbler (Bradypterus alishanensis)
2 1 1 8 62 Russet Bush-warbler (Bradypterus mandelli)
2 1 1 8 63 Benguet Bush-warbler (Bradypterus seebohmi)
0 8 64 Javan Bush-warbler (Bradypterus montis)
6 1 4 1 6 65 Timor Bush-warbler (Bradypterus timorensis)
2 1 1 8 66 Long-tailed Bush-warbler (Bradypterus caudatus)
7 1 4 2 8 67 Friendly Bush-warbler (Bradypterus accentor)
6 2 2 2 8 68 Chestnut-backed Bush-warbler (Bradypterus castaneus)
1 1 8 69 Brown Emu-tail (Dromaeocercus brunneus)
2 1 1 6 70 Sri Lankan Bush-warbler (Elaphrornis palliseri)
2 1 1 8 71 Madagascar Brush-warbler (Nesillas typica)
4 3 1 8 72 Subdesert Brush-warbler (Nesillas lantzii)
1 1 8 73 Grand Comoro Brush-warbler (Nesillas brevicaudata)
0 8 74 Moheli Brush-warbler (Nesillas mariae)
0 0 75 Aldabra Brush-warbler (Nesillas aldabrana)
3 1 2 8 76 Thamnornis Warbler (Thamnornis chloropetoides)
6 1 3 2 8 77 Moustached Grass-warbler (Melocichla mentalis)
19 1 10 8 8 78 Cape Grass-warbler (Sphenoeacus afer)
13 1 5 7 8 79 Lanceolated Warbler (Locustella lanceolata)
38 5 7 26 8 80 Western Grasshopper-warbler (Locustella naevia)
13 1 3 9 8 81 River Warbler (Locustella fluviatilis)
13 1 4 8 8 82 Savi's Warbler (Locustella luscinioides)
10 1 6 3 8 83 Pallas's Grasshopper-warbler (Locustella certhiola)
7 1 2 4 8 84 Middendorff's Warbler (Locustella ochotensis)
10 1 5 4 4 85 Pleske's Warbler (Locustella pleskei)
1 1 8 86 Gray's Warbler (Locustella fasciolata)
7 1 4 2 8 87 Moustached Warbler (Acrocephalus melanopogon)
31 1 16 14 4 88 Aquatic Warbler (Acrocephalus paludicola)
70 4 29 37 8 89 Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
1 1 4 90 Streaked Reed-warbler (Acrocephalus sorghophilus)
38 9 11 18 8 91 Black-browed Reed-warbler (Acrocephalus bistrigiceps)
4 3 1 4 92 Manchurian Reed-warbler (Acrocephalus tangorum)
16 1 11 4 8 93 Paddyfield Warbler (Acrocephalus agricola)
4 1 2 1 8 94 Blunt-winged Warbler (Acrocephalus concinens)
65 5 26 34 8 95 Eurasian Reed-warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)
7 1 4 2 8 96 African Reed-warbler (Acrocephalus baeticatus)
38 6 16 16 8 97 Blyth's Reed-warbler (Acrocephalus dumetorum)
26 3 10 13 8 98 Marsh Warbler (Acrocephalus palustris)
65 10 28 27 8 99 Great Reed-warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus)
19 2 6 11 8 100 Oriental Reed-warbler (Acrocephalus orientalis)
28 5 18 5 8 101 Clamorous Reed-warbler (Acrocephalus stentoreus)
0 7 102 Large-billed Reed-warbler (Acrocephalus orinus)
5 4 1 3 103 Basra Reed-warbler (Acrocephalus griseldis)
25 3 13 9 8 104 Australian Reed-warbler (Acrocephalus australis)
6 1 5 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)
2 1 1 3 109 Kiritimati Reed-warbler (Acrocephalus aequinoctialis)
0 3 110 Tahiti Reed-warbler (Acrocephalus caffer)
2 1 1 8 111 Tuamotu Reed-warbler (Acrocephalus atyphus)
0 4 112 Rimatara Reed-warbler (Acrocephalus rimitarae)
1 1 3 113 Pitcairn Reed-warbler (Acrocephalus vaughani)
1 1 4 114 Henderson Reed-warbler (Acrocephalus taiti)
1 1 8 115 Marquesan Reed-warbler (Acrocephalus mendanae)
0 6 116 Cook Reed-warbler (Acrocephalus kerearako)
4 4 8 117 Greater Swamp-warbler (Acrocephalus rufescens)
3 3 3 118 Cape Verde Swamp-warbler (Acrocephalus brevipennis)
11 10 1 8 119 Lesser Swamp-warbler (Acrocephalus gracilirostris)
4 1 1 2 8 120 Madagascar Swamp-warbler (Acrocephalus newtoni)
3 1 2 8 121 Thick-billed Warbler (Acrocephalus aedon)
3 3 3 122 Rodrigues Brush-warbler (Acrocephalus rodericanus)
3 1 2 4 123 Seychelles Brush-warbler (Acrocephalus sechellensis)
22 1 15 6 8 124 Booted Warbler (Hippolais caligata)
13 13 8 125 Sykes's Warbler (Hippolais rama)
4 4 8 126 Isabelline Warbler (Hippolais opaca)
18 3 11 4 8 127 Olivaceous Warbler (Hippolais pallida)
7 7 8 128 Upcher's Warbler (Hippolais languida)
6 1 4 1 8 129 Olive-tree Warbler (Hippolais olivetorum)
56 6 16 34 8 130 Melodious Warbler (Hippolais polyglotta)
22 4 11 7 8 131 Icterine Warbler (Hippolais icterina)
4 2 2 8 132 African Yellow Warbler (Chloropeta natalensis)
3 1 2 8 133 Mountain Yellow Warbler (Chloropeta similis)
7 5 2 4 134 Papyrus Yellow Warbler (Chloropeta gracilirostris)
1 1 8 135 Yellow Longbill (Macrosphenus flavicans)
2 1 1 8 136 Kemp's Longbill (Macrosphenus kempi)
0 8 137 Grey Longbill (Macrosphenus concolor)
1 1 3 138 Pulitzer's Longbill (Macrosphenus pulitzeri)
0 8 139 Kretschmer's Longbill (Macrosphenus kretschmeri)
1 1 8 140 Yellow-bellied Hyliota (Hyliota flavigaster)
1 1 8 141 Southern Hyliota (Hyliota australis)
0 3 142 Usambara Hyliota (Hyliota usambara)
5 1 4 8 143 Violet-backed Hyliota (Hyliota violacea)
1 1 8 144 Green Hylia (Hylia prasina)
0 4 145 Bocage's Longbill (Amaurocichla bocagii)
5 2 1 2 8 146 Cryptic Warbler (Cryptosylvicola randrianasoloi)
1 1 8 147 White-throated Oxylabes (Oxylabes madagascariensis)
1 1 6 148 Madagascar Yellowbrow (Crossleyia xanthophrys)
3 3 8 149 Yellow-throated Woodland-warbler (Phylloscopus ruficapilla)
5 5 8 150 Laura's Woodland-warbler (Phylloscopus laurae)
4 2 2 8 151 Red-faced Woodland-warbler (Phylloscopus laetus)
0 8 152 Black-capped Woodland-warbler (Phylloscopus herberti)
0 8 153 Uganda Woodland-warbler (Phylloscopus budongoensis)
4 3 1 8 154 Brown Woodland-warbler (Phylloscopus umbrovirens)
91 3 40 48 8 155 Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
143 18 61 64 8 156 Common Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
10 1 6 3 8 157 Iberian Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus ibericus)
21 1 14 6 8 158 Canary Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus canariensis)
3 2 1 8 159 Mountain Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus sindianus)
5 1 3 1 8 160 Plain Leaf-warbler (Phylloscopus neglectus)
17 1 5 11 8 161 Western Bonelli's Warbler (Phylloscopus bonelli)
7 1 5 1 8 162 Eastern Bonelli's Warbler (Phylloscopus orientalis)
43 3 19 21 8 163 Wood Warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix)
21 2 10 9 8 164 Dusky Warbler (Phylloscopus fuscatus)
0 8 165 Smoky Warbler (Phylloscopus fuligiventer)
11 1 6 4 8 166 Tickell's Leaf-warbler (Phylloscopus affinis)
1 1 8 167 Buff-throated Warbler (Phylloscopus subaffinis)
0 10 168 Alpine Leaf-warbler (Phylloscopus occisinensis)
4 1 2 1 8 169 Sulphur-bellied Warbler (Phylloscopus griseolus)
5 1 3 1 8 170 Yellow-streaked Warbler (Phylloscopus armandii)
19 1 6 12 8 171 Radde's Warbler (Phylloscopus schwarzi)
3 1 2 8 172 Buff-barred Warbler (Phylloscopus pulcher)
8 1 3 4 8 173 Ashy-throated Warbler (Phylloscopus maculipennis)
2 1 1 8 174 Gansu Leaf-warbler (Phylloscopus kansuensis)
12 1 3 8 8 175 Chinese Leaf-warbler (Phylloscopus yunnanensis)
15 1 8 6 8 176 Pallas's Leaf-warbler (Phylloscopus proregulus)
2 1 1 8 177 Lemon-rumped Leaf-warbler (Phylloscopus chloronotus)
0 8 178 Brooks's Leaf-warbler (Phylloscopus subviridis)
20 1 9 10 8 179 Yellow-browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus)
15 3 3 9 8 180 Hume's Leaf-warbler (Phylloscopus humei)
23 5 9 9 8 181 Arctic Warbler (Phylloscopus borealis)
6 2 2 2 7 182 Green Leaf-warbler (Phylloscopus nitidus)
26 2 16 8 8 183 Greenish Warbler (Phylloscopus trochiloides)
3 2 1 7 184 Two-barred Warbler (Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus)
9 1 2 6 8 185 Pale-legged Leaf-warbler (Phylloscopus tenellipes)
2 2 8 186 Sakhalin Leaf-warbler (Phylloscopus borealoides)
7 2 4 1 8 187 Large-billed Leaf-warbler (Phylloscopus magnirostris)
3 1 1 1 6 188 Tytler's Leaf-warbler (Phylloscopus tytleri)
3 3 8 189 Western Crowned Leaf-warbler (Phylloscopus occipitalis)
12 4 1 7 8 190 Eastern Crowned Leaf-warbler (Phylloscopus coronatus)
7 2 5 4 191 Ijima's Leaf-warbler (Phylloscopus ijimae)
12 2 3 7 8 192 Blyth's Leaf-warbler (Phylloscopus reguloides)
1 1 8 193 Emei Leaf-warbler (Phylloscopus emeiensis)
14 3 4 7 8 194 White-tailed Leaf-warbler (Phylloscopus davisoni)
0 4 195 Hainan Leaf-warbler (Phylloscopus hainanus)
4 1 2 1 8 196 Yellow-vented Warbler (Phylloscopus cantator)
2 2 8 197 Sulphur-breasted Warbler (Phylloscopus ricketti)
7 1 2 4 8 199 Limestone Leaf Warbler (Phylloscopus calciatilis)
4 1 3 8 200 Philippine Leaf-warbler (Phylloscopus olivaceus)
4 1 2 1 8 201 Lemon-throated Leaf-warbler (Phylloscopus cebuensis)
10 1 4 5 8 202 Mountain Leaf-warbler (Phylloscopus trivirgatus)
5 3 2 8 203 Sulawesi Leaf-warbler (Phylloscopus sarasinorum)
9 7 2 8 204 Timor Leaf-warbler (Phylloscopus presbytes)
6 1 3 2 8 205 Island Leaf-warbler (Phylloscopus poliocephalus)
0 8 206 San Cristobal Leaf-warbler (Phylloscopus makirensis)
0 4 207 Kolombangara Leaf-warbler (Phylloscopus amoenus)
5 2 2 1 8 208 White-spectacled Warbler (Seicercus affinis)
6 1 3 2 8 209 Green-crowned Warbler (Seicercus burkii)
3 2 1 8 210 Grey-crowned Warbler (Seicercus tephrocephalus)
1 1 8 211 Martens's Warbler (Seicercus omeiensis)
5 4 1 8 212 Whistler's Warbler (Seicercus whistleri)
1 1 8 213 Bianchi's Warbler (Seicercus valentini)
5 3 2 8 214 Alström's Warbler (Seicercus soror)
14 2 10 2 8 215 Grey-hooded Warbler (Seicercus xanthoschistos)
2 1 1 8 216 Grey-cheeked Warbler (Seicercus poliogenys)
4 1 2 1 8 217 Chestnut-crowned Warbler (Seicercus castaniceps)
3 1 2 8 218 Yellow-breasted Warbler (Seicercus montis)
3 2 1 8 219 Sunda Warbler (Seicercus grammiceps)
5 4 1 8 220 Broad-billed Warbler (Tickellia hodgsoni)
6 2 1 3 8 221 Rufous-faced Warbler (Abroscopus albogularis)
2 2 8 222 Black-faced Warbler (Abroscopus schisticeps)
9 1 1 7 8 223 Yellow-bellied Warbler (Abroscopus superciliaris)
1 1 8 224 Grauer's Forest-warbler (Graueria vittata)
5 1 3 1 8 225 Yellow-bellied Eremomela (Eremomela icteropygialis)
2 1 1 8 226 Yellow-vented Eremomela (Eremomela flavicrissalis)
6 3 3 8 227 Senegal Eremomela (Eremomela pusilla)
2 2 8 228 Green-backed Eremomela (Eremomela canescens)
2 2 8 229 Green-capped Eremomela (Eremomela scotops)
3 2 1 8 230 Karoo Eremomela (Eremomela gregalis)
5 1 4 8 231 Burnt-necked Eremomela (Eremomela usticollis)
4 2 2 8 232 Rufous-crowned Eremomela (Eremomela badiceps)
1 1 3 233 Turner's Eremomela (Eremomela turneri)
2 2 8 234 Black-necked Eremomela (Eremomela atricollis)
10 3 7 8 235 Northern Crombec (Sylvietta brachyura)
6 4 2 8 236 Red-faced Crombec (Sylvietta whytii)
1 1 7 237 Philippa's Crombec (Sylvietta philippae)
10 1 6 3 8 238 Long-billed Crombec (Sylvietta rufescens)
5 4 1 8 239 Somali Crombec (Sylvietta isabellina)
0 8 240 Red-capped Crombec (Sylvietta ruficapilla)
2 1 1 8 241 Green Crombec (Sylvietta virens)
2 1 1 8 242 Lemon-bellied Crombec (Sylvietta denti)
2 2 8 243 White-browed Crombec (Sylvietta leucophrys)
2 1 1 8 244 Rand's Warbler (Randia pseudozosterops)
5 1 2 2 8 245 Dark Newtonia (Newtonia amphichroa)
2 1 1 8 246 Common Newtonia (Newtonia brunneicauda)
3 1 1 1 8 247 Archbold's Newtonia (Newtonia archboldi)
2 2 4 248 Red-tailed Newtonia (Newtonia fanovanae)
181 17 54 110 8 249 Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
48 6 23 19 8 250 Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin)
14 5 9 8 251 Barred Warbler (Sylvia nisoria)
37 7 20 10 8 252 Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca)
4 2 2 8 253 Small Whitethroat (Sylvia minula)
5 1 1 3 8 254 Hume's Whitethroat (Sylvia althaea)
30 1 17 12 8 255 Orphean Warbler (Sylvia hortensis)
7 6 1 8 256 Arabian Warbler (Sylvia leucomelaena)
100 8 46 46 8 257 Greater Whitethroat (Sylvia communis)
16 2 6 8 6 257 Dartford Warbler (Sylvia undata)
21 1 14 6 8 258 Desert Warbler (Sylvia nana)
8 1 2 5 8 260 Marmora's Warbler (Sylvia sarda)
1 1 7 261 Balearic Warbler (Sylvia balearica)
27 2 12 13 8 262 Spectacled Warbler (Sylvia conspicillata)
3 2 1 8 263 Tristram's Warbler (Sylvia deserticola)
40 2 19 19 8 264 Subalpine Warbler (Sylvia cantillans)
78 3 33 42 8 265 Sardinian Warbler (Sylvia melanocephala)
14 1 12 1 8 266 Menetries's Warbler (Sylvia mystacea)
13 1 9 3 8 267 Rüppell's Warbler (Sylvia rueppelli)
6 5 1 8 268 Cyprus Warbler (Sylvia melanothorax)
2 2 4 269 Yemen Warbler (Sylvia buryi)
10 1 6 3 8 270 Chestnut-vented Warbler (Sylvia subcaerulea)
3 2 1 8 271 Brown Warbler (Sylvia lugens)
3 1 2 8 272 Layard's Warbler (Sylvia layardi)
3 3 8 273 Banded Warbler (Sylvia boehmi)

Family statistics

42 genera, 272 species

2667 files covering
41 genera	(98%)
237 species	(87%)

1139 videos covering
34 genera	(81%)
177 species	(65%)

1213 photographs covering
37 genera	(88%)
221 species	(81%)

315 sound recordings covering
22 genera	(52%)
135 species	(50%)

272 237 87 177 65 221 81 135 50

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