Western Olivaceous Warbler
Iduna opaca
Large buff-colored warbler with a heavy flat bill and long tail. Olive-gray upperparts contrast with the pale bill. The pale lores separates this species from the similar Eastern Olivaceous Warbler and it doesn’t make downward tail movements like Eastern. Song contains several irregular notes and clicks. Found in light woodland gardens, orchards, plantations, oases and areas with dense bushes.
Taxonomy
- Scientific name
- Iduna opaca
- Authority
- (Cabanis, 1851)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Acrocephalidae
- Genus
- Iduna
Range and habitat
The western olivaceous warbler occurs mainly as a passage migrant in southeast Morocco, although it also may breed in some densely vegetated areas there.
- Breeding range
- PAL : sw Europe and nw Africa
- Non-breeding range
- w AF
- Migration
- Complete migrants
Conservation
- Population trend
- declining
Photos
Distribution
Bird Calls
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