spring

spring European distribution adult perched in cover

Identification

If you've never seen an Icterine Warbler you might wonder whether you'd be able to tell one from a Willow Warbler. Don't worry. The plain face, staring eye, long sloping head and big pale bill make it obviously different. To separate it from the closely related Melodious Warbler though, you have to look carefully at its wings: Icterines have a pale panel in the wing and their primaries are unusually long and spaced out, not bunched up, as in a Melodious. Also, the legs are usually a distinct blue-grey as opposed to brown-grey and they are less striking than Melodious Warbler's.

Habitat

Breeds in dense bushes and woodland edges.

Migration

All birds migrate to sub-equatorial Africa for winter. The return migration in spring follows a more westerly route than in the autumn.

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For the purposes of our bird news services, Icterine Warbler is classed as Scarce: broadly speaking, species that are covered in British Birds' annual review of scarce species (and forms of similar rarity).

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Icterine Warbler breeds in the following countries (Bird News Extra subscribers will see population statistics and information on trends for each country):

Austria
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Georgia
Germany
Hungary
Latvia
Lichtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Romania
Russia
Serbia and Montenegro
Slovakia
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine

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