Wood warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix Least concern
Where the wood warbler lives – recorded in 43 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.
Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 426,633 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See songbirds & perching birds on the world map

| Scientific name | Phylloscopus sibilatrix |
|---|---|
| Group | Songbirds & perching birds |
| Status | Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label) |
| Found in | 43 countries |
| Continents | Africa, Asia, Europe, North America |
| Mass | 1.32 g (birth weight); 10 g (adult weight) |
| Class | Bird |
| Order | Passeriformes |
| Family | Phylloscopidae |
Where does the wood warbler live?
Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the wood warbler in 43 countries and territories across Africa, Asia, Europe and North America. Wikidata gives its range as: Africa, Burkina Faso.
- Sweden
- Finland
- France
- Norway
- United Kingdom
- Germany
- Russia
- Poland
- Belgium
- Czech Republic
- Estonia
- Spain
- Ukraine
- Greece
- Austria
- Italy
- Israel
- Hungary
- Åland Islands
- Switzerland
- Lithuania
- Bulgaria
- Turkey
- Belarus
- Ghana
- Denmark
- Latvia
- Netherlands
- Serbia
- Croatia
- Slovakia
- Luxembourg
- Romania
- Cyprus
- Morocco
- United States
- Malta
- Slovenia
- Nigeria
- Uganda
- United Arab Emirates
- North Macedonia
- Cameroon
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 a wood warbler?
Wikidata records the following for the wood warbler: mass 1.32 g (birth weight); 10 g (adult weight).
Is the wood warbler endangered?
The wood warbler’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the wood warbler?
The wood warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix) is a bird in the order Passeriformes and the family Phylloscopidae, genus Phylloscopus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)
About the wood warbler
The wood warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix) is a common and widespread leaf warbler which breeds throughout northern and temperate Europe, and just into the extreme west of Asian Russia in the southern Ural Mountains. It is strongly migratory and the entire population winters in tropical Africa.
Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Wood warbler (revision 1315227310), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q27075477 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).
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