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Arctic Warbler

Phylloscopus borealisOrder: PASSERIFORMESFamily: Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers (Sylviidae)

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General

Arctic Warbler: Medium-sized, active warbler with stout bill, olive-green back, olive-brown sides, and white throat and belly. Dark eye-lines contrast with pale yellow eyebrows curving upward behind eyes. Wings have faint pale bar on tips of greater coverts. Tail is square. Sexes are similar.

Range and Habitat

Arctic Warbler: Winters in Asia and migrates to western and northern Alaska in summer. Preferred habitats include birch woods, willow thickets, mixed coniferous-deciduous open forests, and grassy tundra.

Listen to Call

Voice Text

" zick-zick-zick", "dzik"

Interesting Facts

  • The Arctic Warbler was first described in 1858 by Johann Heinrich Blasius, a German zoologist.
  • One was observed evading a falcon by landing near people.
  • The male will defend his territory through song and wing twitching displays.
  • A group of warblers has many collective nouns, including a "bouquet", "confusion", "fall", and "wrench" of warblers.


Author

Gary Owen Dick

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Family
Species Phylloscopus borealis
Length5 Inches
Wingspan7.75 Inches

Arctic Warbler

Arctic Warbler: Medium-sized, active warbler with stout bill, olive-green back, olive-brown sides, and white throat and belly. Dark eye-lines contrast with pale yellow eyebrows curving upward behind eyes. Wings have faint pale bar on tips of greater coverts. Tail is square. Pale yellow legs, feet.

● Song: " zick-zick-zick", "dzik"

● Foraging & Feeding: Arctic Warbler: Diet includes insects and other small invertebrates.

● Breeding & nesting: Arctic Warbler: Five to seven white eggs, sometimes spotted with red brown, are laid in a sphere-shaped nest built by the female on the ground, hidden in thickets of willow and birch. Female incubates eggs for about 13 days.

● Similar species: Arctic Warbler: Dusky Warbler has dark brown upperparts, smaller bill, brown legs, dull white underparts, and lacks wing-bars.

Flight Pattern

Short weak fluttering flights with rapid shallow wing beats.
Arctic Warbler Body Illustration
● Range & Habitat: Arctic Warbler: Winters in Asia and migrates to western and northern Alaska in summer. Preferred habitats include birch woods, willow thickets, mixed coniferous-deciduous open forests, and grassy tundra.
BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester
PopulationFairly common
MigrationMigratory
Weight0.4 Ounces