List of Birds of Hong Kong - 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 48 species which occur in Hong Kong.

• Asian Stubtail Urosphena squameiceps
• Japanese Bush Warbler Horornis diphone
• Manchurian Bush Warbler Horornis borealis
• Pale-footed Bush Warbler Urosphena pallidipes (A)
• Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler Horornis fortipes
• Japanese Bush Warbler Horornis diphone
• Russet Bush Warbler Locustella seebohmi
• Baikal Bush Warbler Locustella davidi (A)
• Brown Bush Warbler Locustella luteoventris (A)
• Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata
• Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Locustella certhiola
• Middendorff's Grasshopper-Warbler Locustella ochotensis (A)
• Styan's Grasshopper Warbler Locustella pleskei
• Japanese Swamp Warbler Locustella pryeri (A)
• Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
• Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola (A)
• Blunt-winged Warbler Acrocephalus concinens (A)
• Manchurian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus tangorum (A)
• Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum (A)
• Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
• Thick-billed Warbler Iduna aedon
• Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama (A)
• Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
• Mountain Tailorbird Phyllergates cuculatus
• Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus (A)
• Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita (A)
• Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
• Yellow-streaked Warbler Phylloscopus armandii (A)
• Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi (A)
• Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
• Chinese Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus yunnanensis (A)
• Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
• Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei (A)
• Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
• Japanese Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus xanthodryas (A)
• Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides (A)
• Pale-legged Leaf-Warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes
• Sakhalin Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus borealoides (A)
• Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus
• Goodson's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus goodsoni
• Sulphur-breasted Warbler Phylloscopus ricketti (A)
• White-spectacled Warbler Seicercus affinis (A)
• Grey-crowned Warbler Seicercus tephrocephalus (A)
• Bianchi's Warbler Seicercus valentini (A)
• Alstrom's Warbler Seicercus soror (A)
• Chestnut-crowned Warbler Seicercus castaniceps (A)
• Rufous-faced Warbler Abroscopus albogularis (A)
• Chinese Grassbird Graminicola striatus
• Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca