Listen to the wood warbler
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About the wood warbler
The wood warbler is a bird in the family Phylloscopidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults have a wingspan of about 22 cm and weigh around 10 g.
What does the wood warbler sound like?
Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
The recordings here are labelled as song. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The wood warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix) is a common and widespread leaf warbler which breeds throughout northern and temperate Europe, and just into the extreme west of Asian Russia in the southern Ural Mountains. It is strongly migratory and the entire population winters in tropical Africa.
Related birds in the genus Phylloscopus
Common chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybita
Willow warbler
Phylloscopus trochilus
Greenish warbler
Phylloscopus trochiloides
Yellow-browed warbler
Phylloscopus inornatus
Dusky warbler
Phylloscopus fuscatus
Western Bonelli's warbler
Phylloscopus bonelli
Iberian chiffchaff
Phylloscopus ibericus
Green warbler
Phylloscopus nitidus
More from the family Phylloscopidae
Frequently asked questions
What does a wood warbler sound like?
You can hear 3 recordings of the wood warbler on this page, including its song. Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
Is the wood warbler endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the wood warbler as “least concern”.
What family does the wood warbler belong to?
The wood warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix) belongs to the family Phylloscopidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- 20080510 1117 Phylloscopus sibilatrix by Pichard – CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Vessy, Genève, Genève, Switzerland by Olivier Grimm – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Anché, Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France by Benoît Van Hecke – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q27075477 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Wood warbler – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Steve Garvie from Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland – CC BY-SA 2.0