# Arrowhead warbler

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{{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](/source/Philip_Henry_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](/source/passerine) in the family [Parulidae](/source/Parulidae), [endemic](/source/endemism) to [Jamaica](/source/Jamaica).

==Taxonomy==
The arrowhead warbler was first formally [described](/source/Species_description) as ''Sylvicola pharetra'' in 1847 by the English naturalist [Philip Henry Gosse](/source/Philip_Henry_Gosse) with its [type locality](/source/Type_locality_(biology)) given as [Bluefields Peak](/source/Bluefields%2C_Jamaica).<ref name = Avibase/> This species is now classified within the genus ''[Setophaga](/source/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](/source/superspecies) with the [Elfin woods warbler](/source/Elfin_woods_warbler) (''S. angelae'') of [Puerto Rico](/source/Puerto_Rico) and the [Plumbeous warbler](/source/Plumbeous_warbler) (''S. plumbea'') of [Guadeloupe](/source/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](/source/Specific_name_(zoology)), ''pharetra'', is Latin and means "[quiver](/source/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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