The green warbler (''Phylloscopus nitidus''), also known as green willow warbler or green leaf warbler, is a

leaf warbler Leaf warblers are small insectivorous passerine birds belonging to the genus ''Phylloscopus''. Leaf warblers were formerly included in the Old World warbler family but are now considered to belong to the family Phylloscopidae, introduced in 20 ...

found in the

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in southeastern Europe. Like all leaf warblers, it was formerly placed in the "

Old World warbler Old World warblers are a large group of birds formerly grouped together in the bird family Sylviidae. The family held over 400 species in over 70 genera, and were the source of much taxonomic confusion. Two families were split out initially, the ci ...

" assemblage, but now belongs to the new leaf-warbler

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Phylloscopidae. The genus name ''Phylloscopus'' is from

Ancient Greek Ancient Greek includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the following periods: Mycenaean Greek (), Dark Ages (), the Archaic peri ...

''phullon'', "leaf", and ''skopos'', "seeker" (from ''skopeo'', "to watch"). The specific ''nitidus'' is from

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and means "shining". It is most closely related to 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 un ...

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.

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