Icterine Warbler
Hippolais icterina
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyAcrocephalidae (Reed Warblers and Allies)
- GenusHippolais
- SpeciesHippolais icterina (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. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Kidepo Valley National Park
Upcher's Warbler
Hippolais languida
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
Iduna pallida
African Yellow-Warbler
Iduna natalensis
Piapiac
Ptilostomus afer
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu
Uraeginthus bengalus
Yellow-billed Shrike
Corvinella corvina
Sooty Chat
Myrmecocichla nigra
Rüppell's Glossy-starling
Lamprotornis purpuroptera
Common Bulbul
Pycnonotus barbatus
Grey-backed Fiscal
Lanius excubitoroides
Fork-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus adsimilis
Croaking Cisticola
Cisticola natalensis
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Icterine Warbler at Kidepo Valley National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there