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Olive Warbler

Peucedramus taeniatusOrder: PASSERIFORMESFamily: Olive Warbler (Peucedramidae)
Olive Warbler Breeding Male Head Illustration

Head

  • Bill Shape: All-purpose
  • Eye Color: Dark brown.
  • Head Pattern: Masked
  • Crown Color: Orange-brown
  • Forehead Color: Orange-brown
  • Nape Color: Orange-brown
  • Throat Color: Orange-brown
  • Cere color: No Data
Olive Warbler Breeding Male Body Illustration

Body

  • Length Range: 13 cm (5.25 in)
  • Weight: 11 g (0.4 oz)
  • Size: Size 2. Small (5 - 9 in)
  • Color: Orange, White, Black, Gray
  • Underparts: White with gray wash.
  • Upperparts: Gray
  • Back Pattern: Solid
  • Belly Pattern: Solid
  • Breast Pattern: Solid
Olive Warbler Breeding Male Flight Illustration

Flight

  • Flight Pattern: Somewhat weak fluttering flight, alternating with brief periods of wings pulled to sides.
  • Wingspan Range: 22 cm (8.5 in)
  • Wing Shape: Rounded-Wings
  • Tail Shape: Notched Tail
  • Tail Pattern: Solid
  • Upper Tail: Gray-black
  • Under Tail: White
  • Leg Color: Gray
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Family Olive Warbler (Peucedramidae)_blue
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