| Hippolais | |
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| Icterine warbler (Hippolais icterina) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Acrocephalidae |
| Genus: | Hippolais von Baldenstein, 1827 |
| Type species | |
| Hippolais italica[1] Conrad, 1827 | |
Hippolais is a genus of tree warbler in the family Acrocephalidae. It is sometimes associated with the genus Iduna.[2] 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".[3]
It contains the following species:
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Upcher's warbler | Hippolais languida | eastern Africa, from Eritrea and Somalia south to Tanzania. |
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Olive-tree warbler | Hippolais olivetorum | eastern and southern Africa, from Kenya south to South Africa. |
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Melodious warbler | Hippolais polyglotta | western Europe and north Africa, and overwinters in west Africa south of the Sahara Desert. |
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Icterine warbler | 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 |
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