Old World Warblers (Sylviidae)
Melodious Warbler (Hippolais polyglotta) - HBW 11, p. 638
French: Hypolaïs polyglotte
German: Orpheusspötter
Spanish: Zarcero Políglota
Taxonomy: Sylvia polyglotta Vieillot, 1817, France.
Sister-species of H. icterina, the two being fairly close to the sister-species pair formed by H. languida and H. olivetorum. Monotypic.
Distribution: Breeds France (except N parts) and Iberia E to S Belgium, SW Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Slovenia and W Croatia, and in NW Africa; non-breeding W Africa.
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A male singing on two different twigs Locality Forêt de Fontainebleau, France (Monotypic species)
Julien Rochefort 8 June 2007 4 years ago 43 sec 4.8 -
A bird perched on a bush, catching and eating an insect and then another bird singing on a wire. Locality Codos, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (Monotypic species)
Jesús Laborda 22 May 2008 3 years ago 1 min 1 sec 4.6 -
An adult bird calling and moving from one tree to another Locality Ocentejo, Alto Tajo Natural Park, Castile-La Mancha, Spain (Monotypic species)
Alex García · Videoaves 31 August 2007 4 years ago 18 sec 4.6 -
A bird preening on a branch. Locality Gennargentu National Park, Sardinia, Italy
Jeremiusz Trzaska 19 April 2011 39 weeks ago 43 sec 4.3 -
A bird singing Locality Lynx Garden, Bellaterra, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 17 June 2005 6 years ago 47 sec 4.1 -
Feeding chicks in a hedge Locality Rambouillet Forest, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France
Alain Beaufils 20 June 2011 17 weeks ago 29 sec 4
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Spring Adult
Locality Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France (Monotypic species)
Alain Fossé 13 May 2012 36 min ago ADDED TODAY! 4 -
Searching for a sure place to drink
Locality Montserrat Mountain Natural Park, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain
Josep Batlle 19 August 2011 33 weeks ago 4 -
adult on a grass
Locality Drôme, Rhône-Alpes, France (Monotypic species)
Georges Olioso 4 June 2005 3 years ago 3.7 -
Melodious Warbler (Hippolais polyglotta); male singing in a willow. Camargue, France.
Locality Camargue, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Sascha Rösner 13 June 2010 1 year ago 3.6 -
Adult male
Locality Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France (Monotypic species)
Alain Fossé 19 May 2010 1 year ago 3.3 -
An adult in the hand.
Locality Segur de Calafell, Tarragona Province, Catalonia, Spain (Monotypic species)
Alberto Soria 15 May 1992 2 years ago 3
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A male singing. Locality Essonne, Île-de-France, France
Julien Rochefort 6 May 2008 3 years ago 4.8 -
Alarm calls. Two birds. Locality Forêt de Fontainebleau, France
Julien Rochefort 30 July 2004 3 years ago 4.5 -
One of the first territories of this expanding species in Westphalia. Locality Frömern, Fröndenberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
(Monotypic species)
Jan Ole Kriegs _ LWL-Stat... 22 June 2009 2 years ago 3
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