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Arctic Warbler

Phylloscopus borealisOrder: PASSERIFORMES Family: Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers (Sylviidae)
Codes: Common Name: ARWA Scientific Name: PHYBOR ITIS Taxonomic No.: 179843
Least Concern
 
Arctic Warbler
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Overview

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.

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.

Topo Map: Perching-like Body


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.


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Range Map for Arctic Warbler

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Family Vireo (Sylviidae)_blue
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
Perching-like BodyX
BellyX
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 codesX

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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ITIS CodesX

The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) was established in the mid-1990�s as a cooperative project among several federal agencies to improve and expand upon taxonomic data (known as the NODC Taxonomic Code) maintained by the National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

To find the ITIS page for a bird species go to the ITIS web site advanced search and report page at http://www.itis.gov/advanced_search.html. You can enter the TSN or the common name of the bird. It will return the ITIS page for that bird. Another way to obtain the ITIS page is to use the Google search engine. Enter the string ITIS followed by the taxonomic ID, for example "ITIS 178041" will return the page for the Allen's Hummingbird.

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