Icterine Warbler

Hippolais icterina

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Brief #

Upperparts are greyish-green and the underparts are uniformly light yellow, grey, sometimes bluish legs.

Synonyms #

  • Zarcero icterino (Spanish)
  • Folosa icterina (Galician)

Red List Status #

The Icterine Warbler is unlikely to become extinct in the near future.
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Description #

A fairly big warbler with a large head, broad based bill and long wings with a quite short square ended tail. The upperparts are greyish-green and the underparts are uniformly light yellow. It has pale lores and a rather vague yellowish supercilium with a pale eye ring. Other distinguishing features include a panel on the folded wings formed by pale edges to the secondary feathers and tertiary feathers and the grey, sometimes bluish legs.

Measurements #

Length: 13 - 13 cm
Wingspan: 20 - 24 cm
Weight: 10 - 15 g