Western olivaceous warbler

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Western olivaceous warbler
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Collected in Zouala, Morocco, April 2011
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Acrocephalidae
Genus: Iduna
Species:
I. opaca
Binomial name
Iduna opaca
(Cabanis, 1851)
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Distribution of Western Olivaceous Warbler
  Summer Resident (Breeding)
  Winter Visitor
Synonyms

Hippolais opaca

The western olivaceous warbler (Iduna opaca), also known as isabelline warbler, [2] is a "warbler", formerly placed in the Old World warblers when these were a paraphyletic wastebin taxon. It is now considered a member of the acrocephaline warblers, Acrocephalidae, in the tree warbler genus Iduna. It was formerly regarded as part of a wider "olivaceous warbler" species, but as a result of modern taxonomic developments, this species is now usually considered distinct from the eastern olivaceous warbler, Iduna pallida.

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Eggs, Collection Museum Wiesbaden Iduna opaca MWNH 1708.JPG
Eggs, Collection Museum Wiesbaden

It is a small passerine bird, found in dry open country, including cultivation, with bushes or some trees. Two or three eggs are laid in a nest in low undergrowth or a bush. Like most warblers, the western olivaceous warbler is insectivorous.

It is a medium-sized warbler, more like a very pale reed warbler than its relative the melodious warbler. The adults have a plain pale brown back and whitish underparts. The bill is strong and pointed and the legs grey. The sexes are identical, as with most warblers, but young birds are more buff on the belly.

The western olivaceous warbler breeds in Iberia and north Africa. It is migratory, wintering in sub-Saharan Africa. It is a rare vagrant to northern Europe.

The western olivaceous warbler is larger and has a browner tinge to the upperparts than the eastern olivaceous warbler. It also has a larger bill. The song is a fast nasal babbling.

Distribution

North Africa

The western olivaceous warbler occurs mainly as a passage migrant in southeast Morocco, although it also may breed in some densely vegetated areas there. [3]

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2019). "Iduna opaca". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019: e.T22734089A155573383. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22734089A155573383.en . Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. Del Hoyo, J.; Elliot, A. & Christie D. (editors). (2006). Handbook of the Birds of the World Volume 11: Old World Flycatchers to Old World Warblers. Lynx Edicions. ISBN   84-96553-06-X.
  3. Salewski, Volker, Herbert Stark and Bernd Leisler (2009) Olivaceous Warblers in Southeast Morocco British Birds 102(3): 116-21