| Hippolais | |
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| Icterine warbler (Hippolais icterina) | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Acrocephalidae |
| Genus: | Hippolais von Baldenstein, 1827 |
| Type species | |
| Hippolais italica[1] Conrad, 1827 | |
Hippolais is a genus oftree warbler in the familyAcrocephalidae. It is sometimes associated with the genusIduna.[2] The genus nameHippolais is fromAncient Greekhupolais, as misspelt byLinnaeus. It referred to a small bird mentioned byAristotle and others and may beonomatopoeic or derived fromhupo,"under", andlaas, "stone".[3]
It contains the following species:
| Image | Common name | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
_(8079442053).jpg) | Upcher's warbler | Hippolais languida | eastern Africa, from Eritrea and Somalia south to Tanzania. |
.jpg) | Olive-tree warbler | Hippolais olivetorum | eastern and southern Africa, from Kenya south to South Africa. |
 | Melodious warbler | Hippolais polyglotta | western Europe and north Africa, and overwinters in west Africa south of the Sahara Desert. |
 | 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 |
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