Melodious Warbler

Hippolais polyglotta (Vieillot, 1817) ME MELWA 12600
Family: Passeriformes > Acrocephalidae

Melodious Warbler, Scott Mayson

Recalling a heavy-set juvenile Willow Warbler, Melodious Warbler is a scarce migrant in spring and autumn from breeding grounds located in south-western Europe.

A few dozen individuals are reported from Britain & Ireland in most years, with the south-west taking the lion's share of these.

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3.1k records observations recorded by BTO surveyors
3.1k records

BTO RECORDS

Identification

Melodious Warbler identification is often difficult.

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Status and Trends

Population size and trends and patterns of distribution based on BTO surveys and atlases with data collected by BTO volunteers.

CONSERVATION STATUS

This species can be found on the following statutory and conservation listings and schedules.

POPULATION SIZE

We have no population estimates for this scarce species.

DISTRIBUTION

This species is a rare vagrant and was recorded during Bird Atlas 2007–11 as shown on the map.

Melodious Warbler breeding distribution 2008-11
Britain and Ireland Breeding Distribution 2008-2011.
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Occupied 10-km squares in UK

European Distribution Map

European Breeding Bird Atlas 2

DISTRIBUTION CHANGE

This vagrant is too rarely reported to map distribution change.

SEASONALITY

Melodious Warbler is a rare passage migrant, typically appearing in late spring and in early autumn.

Weekly occurence of Melodious Warbler from BirdTrack
Weekly occurrence patterns (shaded cells) and reporting rates (vertical bars) based on BirdTrack data. Reporting rates give the likelihood of encountering the species each week.

Movement

Information about movement and migration based on online bird portals (e.g. BirdTrack), Ringing schemes and tracking studies.

RINGING RECOVERIES

View a summary of recoveries in the Online Ringing Report.

Biology

Lifecycle and body size information about Melodious Warbler, including statistics on nesting, eggs and lifespan based on BTO ringing and nest recording data.

PRODUCTIVITY & NESTING

Sample sizes are too small to report Productivity and Nesting statistics for this species.

BIOMETRICS

Sample sizes are too small to report Biometrics for this species.

Feather measurements and photos on featherbase

CODES & CLASSIFICATION

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Welsh: Telor Pêr
Catalan: busqueta comuna
Czech: sedmihlásek švitorivý
Danish: Spottesanger
Dutch: Orpheusspotvogel
Estonian: lääne-käosulane
Finnish: taiturikultarinta
French: Hypolaïs polyglotte
German: Orpheusspötter
Hungarian: déli geze
Icelandic: Skopsöngvari
Irish: Ceolaire Binn
Italian: Canapino comune
Latvian: daudzbalsu kaukis
Lithuanian: tošinuke giesmininke
Norwegian: Spottesanger
Polish: zaganiacz szczebiotliwy
Portuguese: felosa-poliglota
Slovak: sedmohlások štebotavý
Slovenian: kratkoperuti vrtnik
Spanish: Zarcero políglota
Swedish: polyglottsångare

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