Willow Warbler

willow warbler, pouillot fitis, mosquitero musical, Phylloscopus trochilus, birds of kenya, birds of africa, migrant birds, wildlife of kenya, Nicolas Urlacher
Names, conservation status and distribution
willow warbler, pouillot fitis, mosquitero musical, Phylloscopus trochilus, birds of kenya, birds of africa, migrant birds, wildlife of kenya, Nicolas Urlacher
Ol Pejeta Conservancy
willow warbler, pouillot fitis, mosquitero musical, Phylloscopus trochilus, birds of kenya, birds of africa, migrant birds, wildlife of kenya, Nicolas Urlacher
Ol Pejeta Conservancy

willow warbler, pouillot fitis, mosquitero musical, Phylloscopus trochilus, birds of kenya, birds of africa, migrant birds, wildlife of kenya, Nicolas Urlacher
Ol Pejeta Conservancy
willow warbler, pouillot fitis, mosquitero musical, Phylloscopus trochilus, birds of kenya, birds of africa, migrant birds, wildlife of kenya, Nicolas Urlacher
Ol Pejeta Conservancy
willow warbler, pouillot fitis, mosquitero musical, Phylloscopus trochilus, birds of kenya, birds of africa, migrant birds, wildlife of kenya, Nicolas Urlacher
Ol Pejeta Conservancy

The willow warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus) is a very common and widespread leaf warbler which breeds throughout northern and temperate Europe and the Palearctic, from Ireland east to the Anadyr River basin in eastern Siberia. It is strongly migratory, with almost all of the population wintering in Sub-Saharan Africa.

It is a bird of open woodlands with trees and ground cover for nesting, including most importantly birch, alder, and willow habitats. The nest is usually built in close contact with the ground, often in low vegetation. Like most Old World warblers (Sylviidae), this small passerine is insectivorous. In northern Europe, it is one of the first warblers to return in the spring though is later than the closely related chiffchaff. In Kenya from mid Spetember to early May. Winters mainly in western and central Kenya at 1000-2000 m.More widespread on passage, late March to april.