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Hippolais
Hippolais is a genus of tree warbler in the Acrocephalidae family. It is sometimes lumped together with the genus Iduna.
It contains the following species:
- Upcher's warbler (Hippolais languida)
- Olive-tree warbler (Hippolais olivetorum)
- Melodious warbler (Hippolais polyglotta)
- Icterine warbler (Hippolais icterina)
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 or derived from hupo,"under", and laas, "stone".