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Olive Warbler

Peucedramus taeniatusOrder: PASSERIFORMESFamily: Olive Warbler (Peucedramidae)

Olive Warbler Breeding Male Portrait
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General

Olive Warbler: Medium-sized warbler with gray back, rump, and uppertail coverts, and white belly and undertail coverts. Head, throat, nape and upper breast are orange-brown; mask is black. Wings are black with two broad white bars. Tail is notched and dark gray with white edges. Female and juvenile have olive-yellow crowns and dull yellow faces, throats, and breasts.

Range and Habitat

Olive Warbler: Breeds in central and southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico; spends winters mainly south of the U.S.-Mexico border.

Listen to Call

Voice Text

"peeta-peeta-peeta", "peu"

Interesting Facts

  • Although the Olive Warbler has long been associated with the New World wood-warblers, evidence from anatomical and DNA studies has recently placed it in its own family, Peucedramidae.
  • It has been properly associated with the species name taeniatus only since 1948. Older literature refers to it as Dendroica olivacea or Peucedramus olivaceus.
  • Recent genetic evidence shows a close relationship with Old World accentors. It appears to be a relict of a New World expansion of the accentors, left behind after the last Ice Age.
  • A group of warblers has many collective nouns, including "a bouquet of warblers", "a confusion of warblers", and a "wrench of warblers."


Author

Gary Owen Dick

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Family
Species Peucedramus taeniatus
Length5.25 Inches
Wingspan8.5 Inches

Olive Warbler

Olive Warbler: Medium warbler, gray back, rump, and uppertail coverts, and white belly and undertail coverts. Head, throat, nape and upper breast are orange-brown; mask is black. Wings are black, two broad white bars. Tail is notched and dark gray with white edges. Black legs, feet.

● Song: "peeta-peeta-peeta", "peu"

● Foraging & Feeding: Olive Warbler: Eats mainly insects; forages in trees, walking on branches to look for food.

● Breeding & nesting: Olive Warbler: Three to four pale gray or blue eggs with gray, olive, and brown markings are laid in a cup nest made of stems, rootlets, and plant material, lined with rootlets and plant down, and built on a tree branch 30 to 65 feet above the ground. Incubation ranges from 12 to 13 days and is carried out by the female.

● Similar species: Olive Warbler: Hermit Warbler has a yellow head, lacks mask, and has a different voice.

Flight Pattern

Somewhat weak fluttering flight, alternating with brief periods of wings pulled to sides.
Olive Warbler Breeding Male Body Illustration
● Range & Habitat: Olive Warbler: Breeds in central and southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico; spends winters mainly south of the U.S.-Mexico border.
BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester, Small colonies
PopulationUncommon to fairly common
MigrationMost migrate
Weight0.4 Ounces