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Olive Warbler

Peucedramus taeniatusOrder: PASSERIFORMES Family: Olive Warbler (Peucedramidae)
Codes: Common Name: OLWA Scientific Name: PEUTAE ITIS Taxonomic No.: 178874
Least Concern
 
Olive Warbler Breeding Male
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Overview

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.

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.

Topo Map: Perching-like Body


Listen to Call

Voice Text

"peeta-peeta-peeta", "peu"

Interesting Facts

 A group of warblers has many collective nouns, including "a bouquet of warblers", "a confusion of warblers", and a "wrench of warblers."


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Author

Gary Owen Dick

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Range Map for Olive Warbler

Related Birds

Townsend's Warbler
Golden-cheeked Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Grace's Warbler
Hermit Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler
Verdin
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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
Perching-like BodyX
Undertail covertsX
Small feathers that cover the areas where the retrices (tail feathers) attach to the rump.
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.
BreastX
The upper front part of a bird.
NapeX
Also called the hindneck or collar, it is the back of the neck where the head joins the body.
RumpX
The area between the uppertail coverts and the back of the bird.
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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Parts of a Standing birdX
Head Feathers and MarkingsX
Parts of a Flying birdX