Icterine warbler

This migratory, perching bird lives in woodland and is an invertivore, placing it at the carnivore trophic level. It lays 1 clutch per year with a representative clutch size of 4.5 eggs, incubated for 13.5 days, and the IUCN Red List assesses it as Least Concern.

Weight

13.2 gsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Wingspan

22 cmsrc for Wingspan

Lifespan

10.8 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Invertivoresrc for Diet

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

woodlandsrc for Habitat

Egg incubation

13.5 dayssrc for Egg incubation

Young per litter or clutch

4.5src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

12 monthssrc for Age at maturity

Litters or clutches a year

1src for Litters or clutches a year

Lifestyle

Perchingsrc for Lifestyle

Migration

Migratorysrc for Migration

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The icterine warbler is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classAves
4. orderPasseriformes
5. familyAcrocephalidae
6. genusHippolais
7. SpeciesHippolais icterina (Vieillot, 1817)

Synonyms Ficedula hypolais, Ficedula icterina, Hippolais alticeps, Hippolais hippolais, Hippolais icterina icterina, Hippolais media, Hippolais planiceps, Hypolais hypolais, Hypolais icterina, Hypolais polyglotta, Motacilla hippolais, Muscipeta hippolais, Phyllopneuste hypolais, Phyllopneuste icterina, Sylvia hippolais, Sylvia icterina, Sylvia obscura

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@misc{icterine_warbler_2026,
  title = {Icterine warbler (Hippolais icterina)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/icterine-warbler},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}