Phylloscopus nitidus
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
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 |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Green Warbler sighting in Mudumalai National Park on a given day, based on 70 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 148th most-seen of the 233 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October to March
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Green Warbler in Mudumalai National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April to September, 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.
11th of 13
Of the 13 parks where we can rate Green Warbler sightings, Mudumalai National Park ranks 11th at about 10%. The best odds are in Horton Plains National Park (Sri Lanka, about 40%), Periyar National Park (India, about 20%) and Sinharaja Forest Reserve (Sri Lanka, about 20%). All parks ranked.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Green Warbler is recorded against all the birds logged in Mudumalai National Park (70 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
