Olive warbler Peucedramus taeniatus

Identification Tips:

• Small, active, insect-eating bird
• Somewhat thin, pointed bill
• Whitish from lower breast to undertail coverts
• Grayish back and wings
• White wing bars
• Black legs
• United States range restricted to southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico

Adult male:

• Black mask
• Head, throat, and upper breast dull orange

Female and immature:

• Dark cheek patch
• Yellow-orange to yellow wash on throat and breast
• Crown greenish

Similar species:

The male Olive Warbler is easily recognized by its black mask and orange head and breast. Females and immatures can be told from other species by their unstreaked underparts and dark cheek patch.