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Genus of birds
Hippolais is a genus of tree warbler in the family Acrocephalidae. It is sometimes associated with the genus Iduna.[2] The genus name Hippolais is from Ancient Greek hupolais, as misspelt by Linnaeus. It referred to a small bird mentioned by Aristotle and others and may be onomatopoeic or derived from hupo,"under", and laas, "stone".[3]
It contains the following species:
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Common Name |
Scientific name |
Distribution
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Upcher's warbler |
Hippolais languida |
eastern Africa, from Eritrea and Somalia south to Tanzania.
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Olive-tree warbler |
Hippolais olivetorum |
eastern and southern Africa, from Kenya south to South Africa.
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Melodious warbler |
Hippolais polyglotta |
western Europe and north Africa, and overwinters in west Africa south of the Sahara Desert.
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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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