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title: "Wood Warbler"
description: "Phylloscopus sibilatrix — Birds. The wood warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix) is a common and widespread leaf warbler which breeds throughout northern and temperate Europe, and just into the extreme west of Asian Russia in the southern Ural Mountains."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/wood-warbler
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Wood Warbler

> Phylloscopus sibilatrix — Birds. The wood warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix) is a common and widespread leaf warbler which breeds throughout northern and temperate Europe, and just into the extreme west of Asian Russia in the southern Ural Mountains.

- Scientific name: *Phylloscopus sibilatrix*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest)
- iNaturalist observations: 9022
- Wikidata: [Q27075477](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27075477)
- iNaturalist taxon: [117048](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/117048)

## Names

- en: Wood Warbler
- de: Waldlaubsänger
- es: Mosquitero silbador
- fr: Pouillot siffleur
- pt: Felosa-assobiadeira
- pl: Świstunka leśna

## Countries with the most observations

RU (3627), IT (461), DE (447), UA (414), FI (286), FR (268), PL (210), AT (181), GB (167), GR (140), LT (121), ES (108)

## Summary

The wood warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix) is a common and widespread leaf warbler which breeds throughout northern and temperate Europe, and just into the extreme west of Asian Russia in the southern Ural Mountains.  It is strongly migratory and the entire population winters in tropical Africa.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood_warbler

## Photo

![Wood Warbler](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/wood-warbler/medium.jpg)

Photo: Лариса Артемьева · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/165894165

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/wood-warbler?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).