Olive warbler

Olive warbler

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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Peucedramidae
Wolters, 1980
Genus: Peucedramus
Coues, 1875
Species:
P. taeniatus
Binomial name
Peucedramus taeniatus

The olive warbler (Peucedramus taeniatus) is a small passerine bird. It is the only member of the genus Peucedramus and the family Peucedramidae.

This species breeds from southern Arizona and New Mexico,[2] USA, south through Mexico to Nicaragua. It is the only bird family endemic to North America (including Central America).[3] It was in the past classed with the Parulidae (New World warblers), but DNA studies suggest that it split early from the other related passerines, prior to the differentiation of the entire New World warbler/American sparrow/Icterid group. It is therefore now given a family of its own.

It is an insectivorous species of coniferous forests. Though it is often said to be non-migratory,[4] most New Mexican birds leave the state from November to late February.[5] It lays 3–4 eggs in a tree nest.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2020). "Peucedramus taeniatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T22720027A137424739. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22720027A137424739.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Peucedramus taeniatus". NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life. 7.1. NatureServe. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  3. ^ Wheatley, Nigel; Brewer, David (2001). Where to Watch Birds in Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0691095159.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Sibley was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Parmeter, John; Neville, Bruce; Emkalns, Doug (2002). New Mexico Bird Finding Guide (3rd ed.). New Mexico Ornithological Society. pp. 314–315.

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