List of Birds of Niger - Old World Warblers

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 30 species which occur in Niger.

• Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia (A)
• Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
• Eurasian Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
• African Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus baeticatus
• Great Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
• Greater Swamp-Warbler Acrocephalus rufescens (A)
• Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Hippolais pallida
• Western Olivaceous Warbler Hippolais opaca
• Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum
• Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
• Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
• Buff-bellied Warbler Phyllolais pulchella (A)
• Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
• Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla
• Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
• Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
• Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
• Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli
• Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
• Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
• Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
• Greater Whitethroat Sylvia communis
• Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca
• African Desert Warbler Sylvia deserti (A)
• Western Orphean Warbler Sylvia hortensis
• Rueppell's Warbler Sylvia rueppelli
• Subalpine Warbler Sylvia cantillans
• Sardinian Warbler Sylvia melanocephala
• Menetries's Warbler Sylvia mystacea (A)
• Spectacled Warbler Sylvia conspicillata