Phylloscopus nitidus
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In 3 days <5% in a week ~10%
The green warbler (Phylloscopus nitidus), also known as green willow warbler or green leaf warbler, is a leaf warbler found in the Caucasus Mountains in southeastern Europe. 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 nitidus is from Latin and means "shining".
It is most closely related to the greenish warbler but is brighter in colour, and the underside is much more yellow. It has one strong and one faint wing bar, especially in young birds. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Horton Plains National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 2 | Periyar National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Sinharaja Forest Reserve | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 4 | Minneriya National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 5 | Wilpattu National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 6 | Bandipur National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Eravikulam National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Nagarhole National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Yala National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 10 | Udawalawe National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 11 | Mudumalai National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 12 | Gir National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 13 | Khao Yai National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thrissur | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Kozhikode | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Kalyan-Dombivli | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Bengaluru | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Thiruvananthapuram | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Mumbai | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Lahore | 🇵🇰 Pakistan | |
| 8 | Rajkot | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Kollam | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Vasai-Virar | 🇮🇳 India |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Green Warbler sighting in Tehran on a given day, based on 14 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 87th most-seen of the 113 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, and over a week to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September and October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Green Warbler in Tehran on a given day, against under 5% in November to August, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Green Warbler sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
18th of 25
Of the 25 cities where we can rate Green Warbler sightings, Tehran ranks 18th at under 5%. The best odds are in Thrissur (India, about 20%), Kozhikode (India, about 10%) and Kalyan-Dombivli (India, about 10%).
Same genus: Phylloscopus
The closest relatives of the Green Warbler that you can see in Tehran (genus Phylloscopus, Leaf Warblers) are Common Chiffchaff (about 60%), Willow Warbler (about 20%) and Mountain Chiffchaff (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Green Warbler is recorded against all the birds logged in Tehran (14 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.
