General

Virginia's Warbler: Small warbler with gray upperparts and yellow rump. Throat is white, breast and undertail are yellow, and sides and belly are white with a gray wash. Head has rufous crown patch and bold white eye-rings. Sexes are similar. Juvenile is duller.

Range and Habitat

Virginia's Warbler: Breeds from southeastern California, southern Idaho, and northern Colorado south to Arizona, New Mexico, and western Texas. Spends winters south of the U.S.-Mexico border. Preferred habitats include scrub oak and other chaparral, pinyon-juniper brushlands, and pine and oak woodlands.

Breeding and Nesting

Virginia's Warbler: Three to five brown flecked, white eggs are laid in a loosely built cup nest on the ground. Incubation ranges from 11 to 12 days and is carried out by both parents.

Foraging and Feeding

Virginia's Warbler: Diet consists mostly of insects. Forages on the ground, in foliage, or catches insects in mid-air.

Readily Eats

Sugar Water, Fruit, Nut Pieces

Vocalization

Virginia’s Warbler: Two part song with slurred notes. Call is "chink."

Similar Species

Virginia's Warbler: Lucy's Warbler lacks white eye-ring, yellow rump, and undertail coverts. Nashville Warbler has more yellow on underparts and more olive on upperparts. Colima Warbler is larger and darker, and its range is restricted to a small area in Texas.