Armenia (B), Azerbaijan (B), Georgia (B), India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Turkey (B), Turkmenistan (B), Uzbekistan.
Vagrant to Germany, Tajikistan, United Kingdom.
Breeds northern Turkey and from northern Caucasus south to northern Georgia, also northern Iran
(Elburz Mts) and north-western Afghanistan; non-breeding southern Pakistan (Sind), S
India (Western Ghats, Kerala, Tamil Nadu) and Sri Lanka.
Green Warbler (Phylloscopus nitidus) [XC482956]
by Mohammed Rinaz. M from Stepantsminda, Mtskheta-Mtianeti, Georgia (song)
Green Warbler (Phylloscopus nitidus) [XC567045]
by Ruud van Beusekom from De Cocksdorp, Texel, Noord-Holland, Netherlands (song)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Taxonomic position uncertain. Frequently considered conspecific with Greenish Warbler (Phylloscopus trochiloides), but evidence from mitochondrial DNA indicates that the two are intermediate between species and subspecies in terms of the degree of divergence between them.