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The olive-tree warbler is a relatively large warbler species with a long, thick bill which has on obvious orange -yellow lower mandible. The upperparts are pale olive-grey in colour, with a noticeable pale wing panel, while the underparts are mostly whitish. The tail is long and dark grey in colour. It is 18 cm (7.1 in) in length, with a wingspan of 24 to 26 cm (9.4 to 10.2 in) and weighs between 19 and 23 g (0.67 and 0.81 oz). Voice: The olive-tree warbler's call is a deep "chack" note, the song is a fast, gruff and loud, with a cyclical repetition of chacking sounds, interspersed with softer sounds.
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When to see the Olive-tree Warbler
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is May, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Olive-tree Warbler
The map shades 26 countries with regular records, and 3 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Ethiopia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Syria.
About the Olive-tree Warbler
The olive-tree warbler is a species of passerine bird in the family Acrocephalidae, the reed and tree warblers. It breeds in southeast Europe and the Near East. It is migratory, wintering in eastern and southern Africa, from Kenya south to South Africa.
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Easily confused with
Upcher's WarblerHippolais languidaUpcher's warbler is an Old World warbler in the tree warbler genus Hippolais.
Melodious WarblerHippolais polyglottaThis is a medium-sized warbler, 12 to 13 cm (4.7 to 5.1 in) in length, and similar to its eastern counterpart, the icterine warbler (Hippolais icterina).
Icterine WarblerHippolais icterinaA fairly big warbler with a large head, broad-based bill and long wings with a quite short square-ended tail.
Side by side: Icterine Warbler vs Olive-tree Warbler · Melodious Warbler vs Olive-tree Warbler
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