20-2-2015 TURIA GARDENS, VALENCIA - MELODIOUS WARBLER (Hippolais polyglotta)

Zarcero of medium size, olive green above and yellow below with a rather long beak. Compared to the Icterine Warbler, the wings are shorter and lack a pale panel on them. Its brown legs are characteristic. The song is fast and prolonged and quite imitates other songs sometimes interspersed with Sparrow sounds. It breeds in southwestern Europe and northern Morocco, in forests, shrubby vegetation, fruit trees and wooded gardens. Spend winter in tropical Africa.