Greenish Warbler

Greenish Warbler

Phylloscopus trochiloides

Silhouette: Jiekun He · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely
at Jabalpur

In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%

327 Verified sightings at Jabalpur
10,415 In all 26 parks From 2019 to 2026
October Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Greenish Warbler

The greenish warbler (Phylloscopus trochiloides) is a widespread leaf warbler with a breeding range in northeastern Europe, and temperate to subtropical continental Asia. This warbler is strongly migratory and winters in India. It is not uncommon as a spring or early autumn vagrant in Western Europe and is annually seen in Great Britain. In Central Europe large numbers of vagrant birds are encountered in some years; some of these may stay to breed, as a handful of pairs does each year in Germany.

Like all leaf warblers, it was formerly placed in the "Old World warbler" assemblage, but now belongs to the new leaf-warbler family Phylloscopidae. The genus name Phylloscopus is from Ancient Greek phullon, "leaf", and skopos, "seeker" (from skopeo, "to watch"). The specific trochiloides is from Ancient Greek trokhalos, "bowed", and -oides "resembling", from the similarity to the willow warbler, P. trochilus. The English name of this species provides a perfect argument in favour of the capitalisation of species names (i.e. treating them as proper nouns), a convention which is generally applied in scientific literature. The decapitalised "greenish warbler" is equally descriptive of many bird species across multiple families, whereas a capitalised "Greenish Warbler" shows unambiguously that Phylloscopus trochiloides is under discussion. Wikipedia →

Sounds

Song1:15

Sweden · 2026

© Jonas Olson · XC1148592 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Call0:28

India · 2026

© Ding Li Yong · XC1085960 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Imitation0:24

Poland · 2024

© Marcin Sołowiej · XC912078 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Eravikulam National Park 🇮🇳 India
~60%
2 Kanha National Park 🇮🇳 India
~30%
3 Mudumalai National Park 🇮🇳 India
~30%
4 Periyar National Park 🇮🇳 India
~30%
5 Bandhavgarh National Park 🇮🇳 India
~30%
6 Chitwan National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
~30%
7 Jiuzhaigou National Park 🇨🇳 China
~20%
8 Keoladeo National Park 🇮🇳 India
~20%
9 Bandipur National Park 🇮🇳 India
~20%
10 Satpura National Park 🇮🇳 India
~20%
11 Sundarbans National Park 🇮🇳 India
~20%
12 Nagarhole National Park 🇮🇳 India
~20%
13 Ranthambore National Park 🇮🇳 India
~10%
14 Kaziranga National Park 🇮🇳 India
~10%
15 Royal Bardia National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
~10%
16 Langtang National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
~10%
17 Gir National Park 🇮🇳 India
~10%
18 Hemis National Park 🇮🇳 India
~10%
19 Manas National Park 🇮🇳 India
~10%
20 Jim Corbett National Park 🇮🇳 India
~10%
21 Doi Inthanon National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
~10%
22 Royal Manas National Park 🇧🇹 Bhutan
<5%
23 Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park 🇲🇳 Mongolia
<5%
24 Namdapha National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
25 Kaeng Krachan National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
<5%
26 Wadden Sea National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Jabalpur 🇮🇳 India
~40%
2 Raipur 🇮🇳 India
~30%
3 Asansol 🇮🇳 India
~30%
4 Yekaterinburg 🇷🇺 Russia
~30%
5 Nagpur 🇮🇳 India
~30%
6 Bhubaneshwar 🇮🇳 India
~20%
7 Tamluk 🇮🇳 India
~20%
8 Patna 🇮🇳 India
~20%
9 Nizhny Novgorod 🇷🇺 Russia
~20%
10 Hyderabad 🇮🇳 India
~20%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Greenish Warbler in Jabalpur?

Likely

About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Greenish Warbler sighting in Jabalpur on a given day, based on 327 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 25th most-seen of the 185 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Greenish Warbler in Jabalpur?

September and October

In those months about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Greenish Warbler in Jabalpur on a given day, against under 5% in May, the lowest month.

What time of day is best to see a Greenish Warbler?

Between 7 and 10 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Greenish Warbler sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Is Jabalpur the best place to see a Greenish Warbler?

Yes

Of the 70 cities where we can rate Greenish Warbler sightings, Jabalpur has the highest daily chance: about 40%. Next come Raipur (India, about 30%) and Asansol (India, about 30%).

Which relatives of the Greenish Warbler live in Jabalpur?

Same genus: Phylloscopus

The closest relatives of the Greenish Warbler that you can see in Jabalpur (genus Phylloscopus, Leaf Warblers) are Sulphur-bellied Warbler (about 30%), Hume's Warbler (about 20%) and Common Chiffchaff (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Greenish Warbler sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Greenish Warbler is recorded against all the birds logged in Jabalpur (327 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.

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