{{short description|Species of bird}} {{Speciesbox | image = Setophaga pharetra Blue Mountains 1.jpg | image_alt = Arrowhead Warbler | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 11 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=''Setophaga pharetra'' |article-number=e.T22721746A94728524 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22721746A94728524.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}</ref> | taxon = Setophaga pharetra | authority = (Gosse, 1847) | synonyms = {{Specieslist | Sylvicola pharetra | Gosse, 1847 | Dendroica pharetra | (Gosse, 1847) }} | synonyms_ref = <ref name = Avibase>{{cite web |url=https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=1C941B1C |title=Arrowhead Warbler ''Setophaga pharetra'' (Gosse, PH 1847) |access-date=7 July 2025 |work=Avibase |publisher=Denis Lepage}}</ref> | range_map = Setophaga pharetra map.svg
}} The '''arrowhead warbler''' ('''''Setophaga pharetra''''') is a species of passerine in the family Parulidae, endemic to Jamaica.
==Taxonomy== The arrowhead warbler was first formally described as ''Sylvicola pharetra'' in 1847 by the English naturalist Philip Henry Gosse with its type locality given as Bluefields Peak.<ref name = Avibase/> This species is now classified within the genus ''Setophaga'' which belongs to the family Parulidae, the wood warblers or New World warblers.<ref name = Avilist>{{cite web |author=AviList Core Team |year=2025 |title=AviList: The Global Avian Checklist, v2025|publisher=AviList: The Global Avian Checklist|doi=10.2173/avilist.v2025 }}</ref> The arrowhead warbler forms a superspecies with the Elfin woods warbler (''S. angelae'') of Puerto Rico and the Plumbeous warbler (''S. plumbea'') of Guadeloupe and Dominica.<ref name = Curson>{{cite book |author=Jon Curson |author2=David Quinn |name-list-style=and |author3=David Beadle |year=1994 |title=New World Warblers |series=Helm Identification Guides |publisher=Christopher Helm (Publishers) Ltd |pages=154–155 |isbn=0-7136-3932-6}}</ref>
==Etymology== The arrowhead warbler is classified in the genus ''Setophaga'', this name means "moth eater" in Greek. The specific name, ''pharetra'', is Latin and means "quiver".<ref name =job>{{cite book | last= Jobling | first= James A. | year= 2010| title= The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names | url= https://archive.org/details/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling | publisher=Christopher Helm | location = London, United Kingdom | isbn = 978-1-4081-2501-4 | page =[https://archive.org/details/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling/page/n355 355] }}</ref>
==Description== The arrowhead warbler is sexually dimorphic, the male has bold, rather untidy black streaks on the white head, mantle and scapulars with a plain greyish rump changing to olive-grey on the uppertail coverts. The wings are blackish with thin pale edges to the feathers, these form a double pale wingbar on the greater coverts. The underparts are whitish marked with arrowshapted black streakson the throat, breast, upper belly and the grey washed flanks, the undertail coverts greyish-brown The female is similar to the male but duller and less contrasting than the males and their streaks being greyer in colour. This bird is {{cvt|12.5|cm}} in length.<ref name = Curson/>
==Distribution and habitat== The arrowhead warbler is endemic to Jamaica where it is found in humid forests in both mountains and lowlands, but it does not breed in the lowlands.<ref name = Curson/>
==References== {{Reflist}} * Raffaele, Herbert; James Wiley, Orlando Garrido, Allan Keith & Janis Raffaele (2003) ''Birds of the West Indies'', Christopher Helm, London.
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