- Hippolais polyglotta
Identification
12-13cm
Plain brown back and wings, yellow underparts, strong and pointed bill, brown legs.
The sexes are identical.
Distribution
Southwest Europe and northwest Africa.
Breeds in the western Mediterranean in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, France, Spain, Portugal,Italy, Slovenia and Croatia. It is expanding its breeding range northwards and has recently bred in Switzerland, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Germany and Poland.
Winters in West Africa from the Gambia east to Nigeria and Cameroon.
It is a scarce passage migrant to the United Kingdom and Ireland and is accidental in Scandinavia and Greece.
Taxonomy
The Melodious Warbler (Hippolais polyglotta) is an Old World warbler in the tree warbler genus Hippolais.
Habitat
Open woodland with bushes.
Behaviour
Breeding
3-5 eggs are laid in a nest in a tree or a bush.
Diet
Diet includes insects and berries.
Vocalisation
The song is a pleasant babbling
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