Isabelline Warbler (Iduna opaca)

Other Names (World)
Isabelline Warbler, Western Olivaceous Warbler

Family
Acrocephalidae (Reed-warblers)

Size
12 - 13 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Cabanis, 1850)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry shrubland, temperate forest, arable land, rural gardens, plantations. From sea-level - 2,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Algeria (B), Benin (NB), Burkina Faso (NB), Cameroon (NB), Chad (NB), C�te dIvoire (NB), Gambia (NB), Ghana (NB), Guinea (NB), Guinea-bissau (NB), Liberia (NB), Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (B), Mali (NB), Mauritania (NB), Morocco (B), Niger (NB), Nigeria (NB), Senegal (NB), Sierra Leone (NB), Spain (B), Togo (NB), Tunisia (B), Western Sahara (B).

Breeds north, eastern and southern Spain, also north-western Africa in Western Sahara, much of Morocco, and eastern along coastal range and northern mountains in Algeria and Tunisia (south to southern slopes of Atlas) apparently to coastal north-western Libya;non-breeding western Africa.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files

Western Olivaceous Warbler (Iduna opaca) [XC896711]
by id from Bah's Place, Kuloro, Kombo, Gambia (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Hippolais pallida (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into Olivaceous Warbler (Iduna pallida) and Isabelline Warbler (Iduna opaca) following Ottosson et al. (2005).

References
See References.

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