Olive-tree Warbler
Hippolais olivetorum (Strickland, 1837) (0, 1)
Photo © Derek Keats from Johannesburg, South Africa, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
STATUS
Eurasia: Croatia and Greece to Bulgaria, Turkey and Israel. Monotypic.
OVERVIEW
The bird was originally identified in the field as Icterine Warbler H. icterina and then Eastern Olivaceous Warbler H. pallida, but was finally identified from the excellent series of photographs taken by Hugh Harrop (Birding World 19: 378-387).
BBRC RECORD
2006 Shetland Boddam, Mainland, first-winter, 16th August, photo.
(Birding World 19 (8): 315, photo; P. Harvey, H. Harrop, P. Ellis & R. Mavor, Birding World 19 (9): 378-387, plates 1-3; Birding World 19 (12): 520, photo; British Birds 99: plate 292; P. A. Fraser and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 100: 738, plate 357; BOURC (2007), Ibis 150: 219; H. R. Harrop, R. Mavor & P. M. Ellis, British Birds 101: 82-88, plates 52-55; P. V. Harvey, H. R. Harrop, R. Mavor & P. M. Ellis, Shetland Bird Report 2006: 110; R. Mavor, Birding Scotland 9 (3): 134-137, plates 119-120).
