Icterine warbler: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the icterine warbler lives – recorded in 36 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Hippolais icterina
Group	Songbirds & perching birds
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	36 countries
Continents	Africa, Asia, Europe
Mass	1.7 g (birth weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Passeriformes
Family	Acrocephalidae

Where does the icterine warbler live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the icterine warbler in 36 countries and territories across Africa, Asia and Europe. Wikidata gives its range as: Africa, Burkina Faso.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is an icterine warbler?

Wikidata records the following for the icterine warbler: mass 1.7 g (birth weight).

Is the icterine warbler endangered?

The icterine warbler’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the icterine warbler?

The icterine warbler (Hippolais icterina) is a bird in the order Passeriformes and the family Acrocephalidae, genus Hippolais. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the icterine warbler

The icterine warbler (Hippolais icterina) is an Old World warbler in the tree warbler genus Hippolais. It breeds in mainland Europe except the southwest, where it is replaced by its western counterpart, the melodious warbler. It is migratory, wintering in sub-Saharan Africa.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Icterine warbler (revision 1361296227), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q27674 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).