''Hippolais'' is a genus of
tree warbler in the family
Acrocephalidae. It is sometimes associated with the genus ''
Iduna''.
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
Onomatopoeia is the process of creating a word that phonetically imitates, resembles, or suggests the sound that it describes. Such a word itself is also called an onomatopoeia. Common onomatopoeias include animal noises such as ''oink'', ''m ...
or derived from ''hupo'',"under", and ''laas'', "stone".
Species
It contains the following species:
References
Bird genera
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