Birds Guide

Old World warblers
Pallas's Warbler
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia   Phylum: Chordata   Class: Aves   Order: Passeriformes   Family: Sylviidae Vigors, 1825
Genus
Many: see text

The Old World Warblers, family Sylviidae, are a group of more than 280 small insectivorous passerine bird species. The largely southern warbler family Cisticolidae is traditionally often included in the Sylviidae. The Kinglets, genus Regulus, family Regulidae, are also frequently placed in this family. The American Ornithologists' Union includes the gnatcatchers, family Polioptilidae, in the Sylviidae.

The American Wood warblers, Parulidae, and the Australian warblers, Acanthizidae, are unrelated to the Sylviidae.

The Sylviidae mainly occur as breeding species, as the name implies, in Europe, Asia and, to a lesser extent Africa. However, most birds of temperate regions are strongly migratory, and winter in the latter continent or tropical Asia.

Most are of generally undistinguished appearance, but many have distinctive songs.

In the following list, for those groups which do not yet have articles, the species are included to be moved at the appropriate time:

• Family: Sylviidae
  • Ground warblers, genus Tesia
    • Chestnut-headed Tesia, Tesia castaneocoronata
      Javan Tesia, Tesia superciliaris
      Slaty-bellied Tesia, Tesia olivea
      Grey-bellied Tesia, Tesia cyaniventer
      Russet-capped Tesia, Tesia everetti
  • Stubtails, genus Urosphena
    • Timor Stubtail, Urosphena subulata
      Bornean Stubtail, Urosphena whiteheadi
      Asian Stubtail, Urosphena squameiceps
  • Bush warblers, genera Cettia and Bradypterus
  • Emu-tails, genus Dromaeocercus
    • Brown Emu-tail, Dromaeocercus brunneus
      Grey Emu-tail, Dromaeocercus seebohmi
  • Rufous-warblers, genus Bathmocercus
    • Black-capped Rufous Warbler, Bathmocercus cerviniventris
      Black-faced Rufous Warbler, Bathmocercus rufus
  • Mrs Moreau's Warbler, Sceptomycter winifredae
  • Brush warblers, genus Nesillas
    • Aldabra Brush Warbler, Nesillas aldabrana - extinct
      Anjouan Brush Warbler, Nesillas longicaudata
      Madagascar Brush Warbler, Nesillas typica
      Grand Comoro Brush Warbler, Nesillas brevicaudata
      Moheli Brush Warbler, Nesillas mariae
  • Thamnornis, Thamnornis chloropetoides
    Moustached Grass Warbler, Melocichla mentalis
    Damara Rock-jumper, Achaetops pycnopygius
    Cape Grassbird, Sphenoeacus afer
  • Grass warblers, genus Locustella
  • Marsh warblers, genus Acrocephalus
  • Tree warblers, genus Hippolais
  • Chloropeta warblers, genus Chloropeta
    • African Yellow Warbler, Chloropeta natalensis
      Mountain Yellow Warbler, Chloropeta similis
      Papyrus Yellow Warbler, Chloropeta gracilirostris
  • Fairy Warbler, Stenostira scita
    Buff-bellied Warbler, Phyllolais pulchella
  • Tailorbirds, genus Orthotomus
  • White-tailed Warbler, Poliolais lopezi
    Grauer's Warbler, Graueria vittata
  • Eremomelas, genus Eremomela
    • Salvadori's Eremomela, Eremomela salvadorii
      Yellow-vented Eremomela, Eremomela flavicrissalis
      Yellow-bellied Eremomela, Eremomela icteropygialis
      Senegal Eremomela, Eremomela canescens
      Green-backed Eremomela, Eremomela pusilla
      Greencap Eremomela, Eremomela scotops
      Yellow-rumped Eremomela, Eremomela gregalis
      Rufous-crowned Eremomela, Eremomela badiceps
      Turner's Eremomela, Eremomela turneri
      Black-necked Eremomela, Eremomela atricollis
      Burnt-neck Eremomela, Eremomela usticollis
  • Rand's Warbler, Randia pseudozosterops
    Cryptic Warbler, Cryptosylvicola randriansoloi
  • Crombecs, genus Sylvietta
    • Green Crombec, Sylvietta virens
      Lemon-bellied Crombec, Sylvietta denti
      White-browed Crombec, Sylvietta leucophrys
      Northern Crombec, Sylvietta brachyura
      Short-billed Crombec, Sylvietta philippae
      Red-capped Crombec, Sylvietta ruficapilla
      Red-faced Crombec, Sylvietta whytii
      Somali Crombec, Sylvietta isabellina
      Cape Crombec, Sylvietta rufescens
  • Neumann's Warbler, Hemitesia neumanni
  • Longbills, genera Macrosphenus and Amaurocichla
    • Kemp's Longbill, Macrosphenus kempi
      Yellow Longbill, Macrosphenus flavicans
      Grey Longbill, Macrosphenus concolor
      Pulitzer's Longbill, Macrosphenus pulitzeri
      Kretschmer's Longbill, Macrosphenus kretschmeri
      Bocage's Longbill or São Tomé Short-tail, Amaurocichla bocagei
  • Green Hylia, Hylia prasina
  • Tit-warblers, genus Leptopoecile
    • White-browed Tit-warbler, Leptopoecile sophiae
      Crested Tit-warbler, Leptopoecile elegans
  • Flycatcher warblers, genus Seicercus
    • Golden-spectacled Warbler, Seicercus burkii
      Grey-hooded Warbler, Seicercus xanthoschistos
      White-spectacled Warbler, Seicercus affinis
      Grey-cheeked Warbler, Seicercus poliogenys
      Chestnut-crowned Warbler, Seicercus castaniceps
      Yellow-breasted Warbler, Seicercus montis
      Sunda Warbler, Seicercus grammiceps
  • Leaf warblers, genus Phylloscopus
  • Abroscopus warblers, genus Abroscopus
    • Rufous-faced Warbler, Abroscopus albogularis
      Yellow-bellied Warbler, Abroscopus superciliaris
      Black-faced Warbler, Abroscopus schisticeps
  • Broad-billed Warbler, Tickellia hodgsoni
  • Hyliotas, genus Hyliota
    • Yellow-bellied Hyliota, Hyliota flavigaster
      Southern Hyliota, Hyliota australis
      Usambara Hyliota, Hyliota usambarae
      Violet-backed Hyliota, Hyliota violacea
  • Grassbirds, genera Chaetornis, Graminicola Megalurus and Schoenicola
    • Marsh Grassbird, Megalurus pryeri
      Tawny Grassbird, Megalurus timoriensis
      Little Grassbird, Megalurus gramineus
      Striated Grassbird, Megalurus palustris
      Fly River Grassbird, Megalurus albolimbatus
      Fernbird, Megalurus punctatus
      Chatham Islands Fernbird, Megalurus rufescens - extinct
      Bristled Grassbird, Chaetornis striatus
      Rufous-rumped Grassbird, Graminicola bengalensis
      Broad-tailed Grassbird, Schoenicola platyura
      Fan-tailed Grassbird, Schoenicola brevirostris
  • Songlarks, genus Cincloramphus
    • Brown Songlark, Cincloramphus cruralis
      Rufous Songlark, Cincloramphus mathewsi
  • Spinifex-bird, Eremiornis carteri
    Buff-banded Bushbird, Buettikoferella bivittata
  • Thicketbirds, genus Megalurulus
    • New Caledonian Grassbird, Megalurulus mariei
      Bismarck Thicketbird, Megalurulus grosvenori
      Bougainville Thicketbird, Megalurulus llaneae
      Guadalcanal Thicketbird, Megalurulus whitneyi
      Rusty Thicketbird, Megalurulus rubiginosus
  • Long-legged Warbler, Trichocichla rufa
    Wrentit, Chamaea fasciata
    Typical warblers, genus Sylvia
  • Parisoma warblers, genus Parisoma
    • Layard's Warbler, Parisoma layardi
      Rufous-vented Warbler, Parisoma subcaeruleum
      Brown Warbler, Parisoma lugens
      Banded Warbler, Parisoma boehmi
      Yemen Warbler, Parisoma buryi

The Newtonias are now considered vangas.

External links

• Old World warblers videos on the Internet Bird Collection