Greenish Warbler

How to identify

Field marks

1. Gray-green upperparts and grayish-white underparts
2. A single wing patch in southern and western populations
3. Bill slimmer than in Arctic Warbler, with no dark tip to the lower mandible
4. Western subspecies has yellow-tinged supercilium, throat and breast

Voice

The song is a high-pitched, quavering vocalization, including a series of descending slurs in some populations.

Similar species

Arctic Warbler

Greenish Warbler is slightly smaller, with a slimmer bill and no dark tip to the lower mandible; the single wing patch of southern and western populations does not distinguish the two.

Two-barred Warbler

Two-barred Warbler was formerly treated as the same species; its song is longer, with a melody followed by a series of rising and falling slurs.

Where and when it's recorded

Greenish Warbler has been recorded at 739 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 39 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

1. GKVK CampusIndia2,612 records
2. Kanha NP – Mukki ZoneIndia2,575 records
3. Rishi Valley – School CampusIndia1,776 records

Countries and regions with the most records

IndiaChinaNepalThailandBangladeshKazakhstanPolandUnited Kingdom

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The greenish warbler (Phylloscopus trochiloides) is a widespread leaf warbler with a breeding range in northeastern Europe, and temperate to subtropical continental Asia. This warbler is strongly migratory and winters in India. It is not uncommon as a spring or early autumn vagrant in Western Europe and is annually seen in Great Britain.

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