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 20 species which occur in Swaziland.
- African Bush-Warbler Bradypterus baboecala
- Cape Grassbird Sphenoeacus afer
- Eurasian River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis (A)
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- African Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus baeticatus
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Great Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Lesser Swamp-Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- African Yellow Warbler Chloropeta natalensis
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Greencap Eremomela Eremomela scotops (A)
- Burnt-neck Eremomela Eremomela usticollis
- Cape Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Yellow-throated Wood-Warbler Phylloscopus ruficapillus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Fan-tailed Grassbird Schoenicola brevirostris
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Greater Whitethroat Sylvia communis
- Rufous-vented Warbler Parisoma subcaeruleum
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Swaziland
Famous quotes containing the words world and/or warblers:
“Fifty million Frenchmen can’t be wrong.”
—Anonymous. Popular saying.
Dating from World War I—when it was used by U.S. soldiers—or before, the saying was associated with nightclub hostess Texas Quinan in the 1920s. It was the title of a song recorded by Sophie Tucker in 1927, and of a Cole Porter musical in 1929.
“I suffered for birds, for young rabbits caught in the mower,
My grief was not excessive.
For to come upon warblers in early May
Was to forget time and death:”
—Theodore Roethke (1908–1963)