Hippolais Explained

Hippolais is a genus of tree warbler in the family Acrocephalidae. It is sometimes associated with the genus Iduna.^[1] The genus name Hippolais is from Ancient Greek hupolais, as misspelt by Linnaeus. It referred to a small bird mentioned by Aristotle and others and may be onomatopoeic or derived from hupo,"under", and laas, "stone".^[2]

Species

It contains the following species:

Image	Common Name	Scientific name	Distribution
		Hippolais languida	eastern Africa, from Eritrea and Somalia south to Tanzania.
		Hippolais olivetorum	eastern and southern Africa, from Kenya south to South Africa.
		Hippolais polyglotta	western Europe and north Africa, and overwinters in west Africa south of the Sahara Desert.
		Hippolais icterina	northern France and Norway through most of northern and eastern Europe, south as far as the northern Balkan mountains and the Crimean peninsula

Notes and References

1. 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.04.006. 2009. Multi-locus phylogeny of the family Acrocephalidae (Aves: Passeriformes) – The traditional taxonomy overthrown. Silke Fregin . Martin Haase . Urban Olsson . Per Alström . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 52. 3. 866–878. 19393746 . 2009MolPE..52..866F.
2. Book: Jobling, James A. The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. Christopher Helm. 2010. 978-1-4081-2501-4. London. 192.