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Peucedramus taeniatus

(Du Bus de Gisignies, 1847)

Olive Warbler

G5Secure Found in 21 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →
G5SecureGlobal Rank
Least concernIUCN
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.102247
Element CodeABPBX27010
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVertebrate Animal
IUCNLeast concern
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumCraniata
ClassAves
OrderPasseriformes
FamilyPeucedramidae
GenusPeucedramus
Other Common Names
Fauvine des pins (FR) Ocotero Enmascarado (ES)
Concept Reference
American Ornithologists' Union (AOU). 1998. Check-list of North American birds. Seventh edition. American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C. [as modified by subsequent supplements and corrections published in The Auk]. Also available online: http://www.aou.org/.
Taxonomic Comments
Placed into monotypic family Peucedramidae by Sibley and Monroe (1990) and AOU (1997).
Conservation Status
Review Date1997-01-05
Change Date1997-01-05
Range Extent Comments
BREEDING: central and southeastern Arizona, southwestern New Mexico, northern Chihuahua, northern Coahuila, southern Nuevo Leon, and western Tamaulipas south through highlands of Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras to north-central Nicaragua. NON-BREEDING: mainly through breeding range, but most individuals migrate southward from breeding range in Arizona and New Mexico (AOU 1983).
Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Open coniferous forests, usually at elevations above 2100 m. BREEDING: Usually nests on outer limb of conifer, 9-21 m above ground. Nest often well-hidden.

Ecology

Often seen in association with nuthatches, creepers, and western bluebirds (Terres 1980).

Reproduction

Clutch size 3-4 (Terres 1980). Nestlings altricial and downy.
Terrestrial Habitats
Forest - ConiferWoodland - Conifer
Other Nations (1)
United StatesN4B
ProvinceRankNative
New MexicoS3B,S3NYes
ArizonaS4Yes
Roadless Areas (21)
Arizona (11)
AreaForestAcres
Butterfly Roadless AreaCoronado National Forest42,296
Campbell BlueApache-Sitgreaves National Forests7,003
Cdo WsaCoronado National Forest1,955
ChiricahuaCoronado National Forest76,876
HellsgateTonto National Forest6,171
Middle Dragoon RoadlessCoronado National Forest10,543
Mitchell PeakApache-Sitgreaves National Forests35,398
Oracle RoadlessCoronado National Forest22,365
Painted BluffsApache-Sitgreaves National Forests43,118
PinalenoCoronado National Forest130,920
WhetstoneCoronado National Forest20,728
New Mexico (10)
AreaForestAcres
Apache Kid ContiguousCibola National Forest67,542
Devils CreekGila National Forest89,916
Dry CreekGila National Forest26,719
Meadow CreekGila National Forest34,167
NolanGila National Forest13,051
Poverty CreekGila National Forest8,770
Ryan HillCibola National Forest34,201
San JoseCibola National Forest16,950
Sawyers PeakGila National Forest59,743
Wahoo MountainGila National Forest23,122
References (22)
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