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Old World Warblers
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Sylviidae

Old World Warblers, family Sylviidae are a group of small insectivorous passerine birds.

They mainly occur, as the name implies, in Europe, Asia and Africa.

There are several genera in this large group, inluding:

• Sylvia typical warblers
• Phylloscopus leaf warblers
• Locustella grasshopper warblers
• Acrocephalus flat-headed warblers[?]
• Hippolais tree warbler
• Cisticola cisticolas
• Prinia prinias
• Cettia bush warblers[?]
• Tesia ground warblers[?]
• Bradypterus brush warblers[?]
• Seicurcus flycatcher warblers[?]
• Orthotomus tailorbirds[?]

The Kinglets (Regulus, family Regulidae) are also often placed in the family Sylviidae.

See also

• American Wood warblers, Parulidae
• Australian warblers, Acanthizidae

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