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The arrowhead warbler is 12.5 to 13 cm (4.9 to 5.1 in) long and weighs 9.1 to 10.5 g (0.32 to 0.37 oz). The sexes have almost the same plumage. Adult males have a black and white streaked head and upperparts. The upper side of their wings is darker and the greater and median coverts have white tips that show as two wing bars. Their tail is mostly dark above with a whitish underside and white spots at the tips of the outer two pairs of feathers. Their underparts are mostly whitish with the eponymous black arrowheads on the throat, breast, and flanks. Voice: The arrowhead warbler's song is "a series of high-pitched and squeaky notes...sww-sw-swee-sww-sw-swee-sww-sw-swee-swee-swee". Its call is a repeated "high-pitched, metallic tic".
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When to see the Arrowhead Warbler
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 6 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Arrowhead Warbler
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Arrowhead Warbler
The arrowhead warbler is a species of passerine in the family Parulidae, endemic to Jamaica.
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Easily confused with
Vitelline WarblerSetophaga vitellinaThe vitelline warbler is 13 cm (5.1 in) long and weighs 6.2 to 7.5 g (0.22 to 0.26 oz).
Olive-capped WarblerSetophaga pityophilaThe olive-capped warbler is about 12.5 to 13 cm (4.9 to 5.1 in) long and weighs 7.2 to 8.7 g (0.25 to 0.31 oz).
Elfin Woods WarblerSetophaga angelaeThe elfin woods warbler is a small passerine, averaging 12.5 cm (5 in) in length and 8.4 g (0.30 oz) in weight.
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