Old World Warblers
The family (Old world Warblers) Sylviidae is a group of small insectivorous passerine birds with Very small to medium-sized, often dull-colored, songbirds with thin and pointed bills.
The Sylviidae mainly occur as breeding species, as the common name implies, in Europe, Asia and, to a lesser extent Africa. Most are of generally undistinguished appearance, but many have distinctive songs. There are 291 species worldwide and 55 Old World Warblers occur in Uganda.
African Bush-Warbler Bradypterus baboecala
White-winged Scrub-Warbler Bradypterus carpalis
Grauer’s Scrub-Warbler Bradypterus grauer
Bamboo Scrub-Warbler Bradypterus alfredi
Cameroon Scrub-Warbler Bradypterus lopezi
Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler Bradypterus cinnamomeus
Black-faced Rufous-Warbler Bathmocercus rufus
Moustached Grass-Warbler Melocichla mentalis
Eurasian River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis
Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
Lemon-bellied Crombec Sylvietta denti
White-browed Crombec Sylvietta leucophrys
Brown Woodland-Warbler Phylloscopus umbrovirens
Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
African Yellow Warbler Chloropeta natalensis
Mountain Yellow Warbler Chloropeta similis
Papyrus Yellow Warbler Chloropeta gracilirostris
Buff-bellied Warbler Phyllolais pulchella
Grauer’s Warbler Graueria vittata
Yellow-vented Eremomela Eremomela flavicrissalis
Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
Yellow-bellied Hyliota Hyliota flavigaster
Southern Hyliota Hyliota australis
Fan-tailed Grassbird Schoenicola brevirostris
Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
Eurasian Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
African Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus baeticatus
Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
Great Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
Basra Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus griseldis
Greater Swamp-Warbler Acrocephalus rufescens
Lesser Swamp-Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Hippolais pallida
Greater Whitethroat Sylvia communis
Barred Warbler Sylvia nisoria
Brown Warbler Parisoma lugens
Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
Neumann’s Warbler Hemitesia neumanni
Yellow Longbill Macrosphenus flavicans
Gray Longbill Macrosphenus concolor
Green Hylia Hylia prasina
Upcher’s Warbler Hippolais languida
Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla
Green-backed Eremomela Eremomela canescens
Greencap Eremomela Eremomela scotops
Rufous-crowned Eremomela Eremomela badiceps
Turner’s Eremomela Eremomela turneri
Green Crombec Sylvietta virens
Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
Red-faced Woodland-Warbler Phylloscopus laetus
Uganda Wood-Warbler Phylloscopus budongoensis
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