Week Eleven - Warblers Flashcards
Yellow-rumped Warbler - Parulidae
Yellow sides and butt patch, which gives it the nickname of “Butterbutt”.
Has a partial eyering and a small, yellow patch on the head.
Very common.
Song starts very strong, then fades - particularly distinct and “colorless”.
Palm Warbler - Parulidae
Has yellow undertail coverts and a distinct chestnut cap.
A yellow belly with very fine streaking and also a brown cheek patch.
Pine Warbler
Common Yellowthroat - Parulidae
Dark mask, white supercilium, and a brown cape.
A super loud, fast, “witchity-witchity-witchity-witchity-wit!” Very bouncy!
Yellow Warbler - Parulidae
All yellow with a very clean, black eye. Fine, reddish belly streaking.
Has yellow spots on it’s tail where most would have white spots.
A bright, musical call that sounds like “sweet-sweet-sweet little more sweet!”
Ovenbird - Parulidae
Looks like a Wood Thrush, but rather than having circular spots on the breast, has streakier looking.
A dull orange crown stripe and a pink bill.
A staccato “teacher-teacher-teacher-teacher” for a call.
Lousisiana Waterthrush - Parulidae
White supercilium that is very bright. Usually white underparts and pinky feet.
Funky foragers!
“Bayou Bayou Bayou, calm down y’all!”
Northern Waterthrush - Parulidae
Duskier belly and breast, with a tan supercilium rather than a bright white.
Has a streaked throat also.
A call similar to LOWA, but :chirpier” - also, it tends to trill downwards.
Golden winged warbler
Blue-winged Warbler - Parulidae
Yellow body, slate wings, with olive backing. Has a partial black eyebar.
Prothonary Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler - Parulidae
Canada Warbler - Parulidae
Has a dark bib, or “necklace”.
White and yellow spectacles.
A clear, loud song, that starts with a chip, and then warbles, ending on a higher picth.
Orange-crowned Warbler - Parulidae
A pretty drab bird. Olivey wing, and a hard-to-see orange crown.
Has a slim shape, and a slightly pointed bill. They also have a warm yellow on the undertails.
Tennessee Warbler - Parulidae
A white supercilium that is relatively short. Has a clear white throat, with a greyer belly and vent.
Has olivey wings.
Has a three-part series of loud, spitting trills. The third part is faster, higher, and louder.
Nashville Warbler - Parulidae
Grey head, white eyering, and a lil bit ‘o rust on the head. The white eyering especially stands out on it’s grey head.
Has an olive-green back and NO wingbars.
Has a kind of trilly call, that sounds halfway between a Tenneessee and Pine Warbler call.
Connecticut Warbler - Parulidae
Has a grey head that extends down into throat and breast.
An olive back, and generally a bird that is less bright than other warblers. Has a white eyering. Has a pale bill.
Mourning Warbler - Parulidae
Has a black breast, grey hood, and NO eyering. Back is kinda olive-y.
Has a black patch on the breast thats like a pseudo-neckace, but the size of this patch is highly variable.
Grey hood and a lack of a white eyering is very unique for this warbler.
American Redstart - Parulidae
Is a very active forager!
Looks kinda oriole-y. Has a black and orange fanned tail.
Has an emphatic, trilly call, with a highly pitched upwards trajectory on the last note. Some people describe it as “sneeze-like” due to the buildup of energy.
Cape May Warbler - Parulidae
Has a brown crescent around the eye. Has a yellow chest with very thin black stripes, which kinda looks like a long necklace.
One, white wing-bar.
Cerulean Warbler - Parulidae
Blue, white, and black, with two white wingbars that fade into black towards the tips.
In serious, severe decline. “Bungee-jumps” from nests they sit on for too long, only opening their wings to fly when they’re close to the ground!
Call is a very buzzy sound tht doesn’t match how pretty the bird is! Buzziness that leads into a trill.
“ZEEEEE” trill towards the end of the call.
Wilson’s Warbler - Parulidae
All yellow with a black hat, giving it a “kid at the baseball game” kind of look.
Long thin tail and a thin bill, but stubby and round.
Northern Parula - Parulidae
Goregous, with a partial eyering, yellow throat, yellow belly, and an orange necklace.
There is also a bit of orange on the back, and white flanks + tail.
A long, very intense buzzy trill, which intensfies and quickens as it goes on.
Magnolia Warbler - Parulidae
Partial eyering, partial supercilium. Also has a long, streaky necklace, and has a lot of white in the wing.
Likes dense conifer forests.
“Weeta-weeta-weeto” call, very fleeting and sweet.
Bay-breasted Warbler - Parulidae
Brown breast, black mask, mottled grey and white wings.
More brown than other warblers.
Blackburnian Warbler - Parulidae
Eyebar, but has an ombre black and orange head that is very intense and beautiful.
Very distinct white wing patch and streaky sides.
Descending, buzzy call with a trill at the end - tends to get high pitched, kind of like a Kinglet.
Chestnut-sided Warbler - Parulidae
Chestnut sides, yellow cap, and black eyebrow that extends down into the malar.
“Very very pleased to meetcha!” or “Pleased pleased pleased to meet you!”, with a lot of emphasis on “meet” for the call.
Black-throated Blue Warbler - Parulidae
Black mask and neck, white belly, and white wing spot, sometimes called a “pocket hankerchief”.s
Sharp and pointy bill!
Black-throated Green Warbler - Parulidae
Yellow head, mossy green back, crown, and very obvious white wing-bars.
Also has streaky black sides.
Thin, lazy “zee-zee-zee-zee-zee?” or “zoo zee zoo zee zee za” or “trees trees murmuring trees”.
