Algeria, Andorra (B), Austria (P), Belgium (B), Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte dIvoire, Croatia (Local Name: Hrvatska) (B), France (B), Gambia, Germany (B), Ghana, Gibraltar (B), Guinea, Guinea-bissau, Italy (B) (P), Liberia, Luxembourg (B), Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Netherlands Antilles (B), Nigeria, Portugal (B), Senegal, Sierra Leone, Slovenia (B), Spain (B), Switzerland (B), Togo, Tunisia, United Kingdom (P), Western Sahara.
Vagrant to Central African Republic, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Greece, Iceland, Kenya, Kuwait, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Malta, Niger, Norway, Poland, Sweden.
Unknown to Benin (NB).
Breeds France (except northern parts) and Iberia east to southern Belgium, south-western Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Slovenia and western Croatia, and in north-western Africa. Non-breeding western Africa.
 
Population
Estimated population is 3,000,000 - 10,000,000 (2010).
Melodious Warbler (Hippolais polyglotta) [XC809626]
by Jorge Leit\u00e3o from Rua do Castro M\u00e1ximo, S\u00e3o Vicente, Braga, Portugal (song)
Melodious Warbler (Hippolais polyglotta) [XC554513]
by Guillaume Bigayon from Can Masd\u00e9u, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain (song)
Nest
A deep cup of plant fibres, lined with roots, hair and feathers, in the fork of a tree or bush, about 1 - 2 meters above the ground.
Eggs (Guide)
3 - 5, usually 4; light purplish-pink, sparsely spotted and streaked black.
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Sister-species of Icterine Warbler (Hippolais icterina), the two being fairly close to the sister-species pair formed by Upcher's Warbler (Hippolais languida) and Olive-tree Warbler (Hippolais olivetorum).
The Reader's Digest Book of British Birds 1980, 3rd Edition, Drive Publications Ltd ISBN 0 340 25308 8
Birds in Colour Campbell, B., 1960, Penguin Books Ltd
The Pocket Guide to Nest and Eggs Fitter, R.S.R., 1954, Collins
RSPB Handbook of British Birds Holden, P., Cleeves, T., 2002, A & C Black ISBN 0 7136 5713 8
Birds of Britain and Europe Sterry, P., et al., 2001, AA Publishing ISBN 0 7495 3068 5
The Popular Handbook of British Birds Hollom, P.A.D., 1973, H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd ISBN 0 85493 002 7