Olive-tree Warbler

Olive-tree Warbler

Hippolais olivetorum
Olive-tree Warbler, Yoav Perlman

Introduction

Olive-tree Warbler is a large, elongated warbler with a long bill, and is an extremely rare visitor to Britain.

This species was added to the British List on the basis of an individual seen and photographed on Shetland in 2006, where it had initially been thought to be either and Icterine Warbler or Eastern Olivaceous Warbler.

The relatively restricted breeding range extends from Croatia south to Greece, and east to the Black Sea and central Turkey. The breeding range appears to be restricted to sites that are fairly close to the sea.

Olive-tree Warbler, Yoav Perlman

Key Stats

Status
Very rare
Very rare
Weight
Weight
18g
Seasonality
Seasonality
BTO Records
BTO Records
1 record
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Movement

Information about Olive-tree Warbler movements and migration based on online bird portals (e.g. BirdTrack), Ringing schemes and tracking studies.

Britain & Ireland movement

View a summary of recoveries in the Online Ringing Report

European movements

EuroBirdPortal uses birdwatcher's records, such as those logged in BirdTrack to map the flows of birds as they arrive and depart Europe. See maps for this species here.

Biology

Lifecycle and body size information for Olive-tree Warbler, including statistics on nesting, eggs and lifespan based on BTO ringing and nest recording data.

Survival and Longevity

Survival is shown as the proportion of birds surviving from one year to the next and is derived from bird ringing data. It can also be used to estimate how long birds typically live.

Classification, names and codes

Taxonomy, names and species codes for Olive-tree Warbler

Classification and Codes

  • Order: Passeriformes
  • Family: Acrocephalidae
  • Scientific name: Hippolais olivetorum
  • Authority: Strickland, 1837
  • BTO 5-letter code: OLTWA
  • Euring code number: 12580

Alternate species names

  • Catalan: busqueta de les oliveres
  • Czech: sedmihlásek olivový
  • Danish: Olivensanger
  • Dutch: Griekse Spotvogel
  • Estonian: õlipuu-käosulane
  • Finnish: oliivikultarinta
  • French: Hypolaïs des oliviers
  • German: Olivenspötter
  • Hungarian: olívgeze
  • Icelandic: Ólífusöngvari
  • Italian: Canapino levantino
  • Latvian: olivu kaukis
  • Lithuanian: alyvine tošinuke
  • Norwegian: Olivensanger
  • Polish: zaganiacz oliwny
  • Portuguese: felosa-das-oliveiras
  • Slovak: sedmohlások olivový
  • Slovenian: oljcni vrtnik
  • Spanish: Zarcero grande
  • Swedish: olivsångare

More Evidence

More evidence from Conservation Evidence.com

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