| Hippolais | |
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| Icterine warbler (Hippolais icterina) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Acrocephalidae |
| Genus: | Hippolais von Baldenstein, 1827 |
| Type species | |
| Hippolais italica[1] Conrad, 1827
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Hippolais is a genus of tree warbler in the family Acrocephalidae. It is sometimes associated with the genus Iduna.[2] The genus name Hippolais is from Ancient Greek hupolais, as misspelt by Linnaeus. It referred to a small bird mentioned by Aristotle and others and may be onomatopoeic or derived from hupo,"under", and laas, "stone".[3]
Species
It contains the following species:
| Image | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution |
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Upcher's warbler | Hippolais languida | eastern Africa, from Eritrea and Somalia south to Tanzania. |
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Olive-tree warbler | Hippolais olivetorum | eastern and southern Africa, from Kenya south to South Africa. |
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Melodious warbler | Hippolais polyglotta | western Europe and north Africa, and overwinters in west Africa south of the Sahara Desert. |
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Icterine warbler | Hippolais icterina | northern France and Norway through most of northern and eastern Europe, south as far as the northern Balkan mountains and the Crimean peninsula |
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hippolais.
- ^ "Acrocephalidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
- ^ Silke Fregin; Martin Haase; Urban Olsson; Per Alström (2009). "Multi-locus phylogeny of the family Acrocephalidae (Aves: Passeriformes) – The traditional taxonomy overthrown". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 52 (3): 866–878. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2009.04.006. PMID 19393746.
- ^ Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 192. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
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