Old World Warblers
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Sylviidae
The family Sylviidae is a group of small insectivorous passerine birds. The Sylviidae mainly occur as breeding species, as the common name implies, in Europe, Asia and, to a lesser extent Africa. Most are of generally undistinguished appearance, but many have distinctive songs. There are 291 species worldwide and 32 species which occur in Ghana.
- Black-capped Rufous-Warbler Bathmocercus cerviniventris
- Moustached Grass-Warbler Melocichla mentalis
- Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Eurasian Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Great Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Greater Swamp-Warbler Acrocephalus rufescens
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Hippolais pallida
- Western Olivaceous Warbler Hippolais opaca
- Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla
- Rufous-crowned Eremomela Eremomela badiceps
- Green Crombec Sylvietta virens
- Lemon-bellied Crombec Sylvietta denti
- Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
- Kemp's Longbill Macrosphenus kempi
- Gray Longbill Macrosphenus concolor
- Green Hylia Hylia prasina
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Yellow-bellied Hyliota Hyliota flavigaster
- Violet-backed Hyliota Hyliota violacea
- Fan-tailed Grassbird Schoenicola brevirostris
- Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Greater Whitethroat Sylvia communis
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Ghana
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