Melodious warbler
| Melodious warbler | |
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| Song recorded in the Netherlands | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Acrocephalidae |
| Genus: | Hippolais |
| Species: | H. polyglotta
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| Binomial name | |
| Hippolais polyglotta (Vieillot, 1817)
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| Distribution of Melodious Warbler Summer resident (Breeding) Winter visitor
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The melodious warbler (Hippolais polyglotta) is an Old World warbler in the tree warbler genus Hippolais. It breeds in southwest Europe and northwest Africa. It is migratory, wintering in sub-Saharan Africa. This small passerine bird is a species found in open woodland with bushes. Three to five eggs are laid in a nest in a tree or a bush. This is a common bird in many parts of its wide range and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated its conservation status as being of "least concern".