Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Old World Warblers :: Eastern Olivaceous Warbler

Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Hippolais pallida

Described by: Hemprich; Ehrenberg (1833)
Alternate common name(s): Olivaceous Warbler, Eastern Olivaceous-warbler
Old scientific name(s): Iduna pallida

Photographs

Lesvos Island, Greece - May, 2003 © Ben van den Broek 
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Range

E. Europe to c. Asia and nc. Africa;
Fragmented distribution;
(1) Se. Europe (s. Hungary, to Balkans, s. Romania, Turkey, Saudi Arabia e. to Iraq, w. and n. Iran, Caucasus, Transcaspia n. to Aral Sea, s. Kazakhstan, Turkestan, and probably w. China (w. Sinkiang).
Winters in ne. Africa (Ethiopia).
(2) S. Morocco, s. Algeria, s. Tunisia, Libya s. Mauritania, Sengal, Nigeria, and Cameroon.
(3) Egypt.
Winters s. to Sudan and Ethiopia.
(4) Oases in the Sahara in Niger, Chad (Lake Chad) s. to Nigeria and e. to c. Sudan (Khartoum), and Djibouti.
(5) Coastal n. Somalia.

Videos

No videos are available for this species

Sounds

No sounds are available for this species

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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