The eastern olivaceous warbler (Iduna pallida ) is a small passerine bird with drab plumage tones, that is native to the Old World. For the most part it breeds in the northern Afrotropics and winters in southeastern Europe, the Middle East and adjacent western Asia.
Keyserling and Blasius gave no explanation of the genus name Iduna. The specific pallida is Latin for "pale".
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starts withIt is a medium-sized warbler, more like a very pale reed warbler than its relative the melodious warbler. The adult has a plain pale brown back and whitish underparts. The bill is strong and pointed and the legs grey. The sexes are identical, as with most warblers, but young birds are more buff on the belly. It has a characteristic downward tail flick.
Western olivaceous warbler differs from this species in being larger and having a browner tinge to the upperparts; it also has a larger bill. Eastern olivaceous warbler sometimes has a greenish tinge to its upperparts, and can be very difficult to separate from Sykes's warbler, Iduna rama. The song is a fast nasal babbling.
It is migratory, wintering in sub-Saharan Africa or Arabia. It is a rare vagrant to northern Europe.
Eastern olivaceous warbler breeds from southeastern Europe and the Middle East, and the subspecies reiseri is thought to be locally common as a breeding species in southeast Morocco. 2 to 3 eggs are laid in a nest which is placed low in a bush or in undergrowth.
