Bird name:

Arctic Warbler

Phylloscopus borealis

Order

PASSERIFORMES

Family

Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers (Sylviidae)

Code 4

ARWA

Code 6

PHYBOR

ITIS

179843

Breeding Location:

Forest edge, Bushes, shrubs, and thickets, Forest, Tundra

Breeding Type:

Monogamous, Solitary nester

Breeding Population:

Fairly common

Egg Color:

White sometimes with red brown spots

Number of Eggs:

5 - 7

Incubation Days:

Egg Incubator:

Female

Nest Material:

Grass and moss with lining of hair, feathers, and soft grasses.

Migration:

Migratory

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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.

Breeding and 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.

Foraging and Feeding

Arctic Warbler: Diet includes insects and other small invertebrates.

Vocalization

Arctic Warbler: Song is a long, loud series of toneless, buzzing notes. Call is a buzzing "dzik."

Similar Species

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

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Belly

The ventral part of the bird, or the area between the flanks on each side and the crissum and breast. Flight muscles are located between the belly and the breast.

4 and 6 letter alpha codes

The four letter common name alpha code is is derived from the first two letters of the common first name and the first two letters of common last name. The six letter species name alpha code is derived from the first three letters of the scientific name (genus) and the first three letters of the scientific name (species). See (1) below for the rules used to create the codes..

Four-letter (for English common names) and six-letter (for scientific names) species alpha codes were developed by Pyle and DeSante (2003, North American Bird-Bander 28:64-79) to reflect A.O.U. taxonomy and nomenclature (A.O.U. 1998) as modified by Supplements 42 (Auk 117:847-858, 2000) and 43 (Auk 119:897-906, 2002). The list has been updated by Pyle and DeSante to reflect changes reported by the A.O.U from 2003 through 2006.

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