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Hooded Warbler

Wilsonia citrinaOrder: PASSERIFORMES Family: Wood Warblers (Parulidae)
Codes: Common Name: HOWA Scientific Name: WILCIT ITIS Taxonomic No.: 178972
Least Concern
 
Hooded Warbler
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Overview

Hooded Warbler: Medium warbler, olive-green upperparts, bright yellow underparts. Head has black hood, and yellow face. The eyes are large and dark and the tail is often spread, displaying large white spots. Bill is black, legs and feet are pink. Makes short, direct flights on rapidly beating wings.

Range and Habitat

Hooded Warbler: Breeds from Iowa, Michigan, and southern New England south to the Gulf coast and northern Florida. Spends winters in the tropics. Preferred habitats include mature, moist forests with luxuriant undergrowth and wooded swamps.

Topo Map: Perching-like Body


Listen to Call

Similar Sounding

Voice Text

"tawee-tawee-tawee-tee-o"

Interesting Facts

 A group of warblers has many collective nouns, including a "bouquet", "confusion", "fall", and "wrench" of warblers.


Bird Term Glossary



Author

Gary Owen Dick

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Range Map for Hooded Warbler

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Mourning Warbler
Bachman's Warbler
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Family Wood Warbler (Parulidae)_blue
Species Wilsonia citrina
Length5.25 Inches
Wingspan8 Inches

Hooded Warbler

Hooded Warbler: Medium warbler, olive-green upperparts, bright yellow underparts. Head has black hood, and yellow face. The eyes are large and dark and the tail is often spread, displaying large white spots. Bill is black, legs and feet are pink. Makes short, direct flights on rapidly beating wings.

● Song: "tawee-tawee-tawee-tee-o"

● Foraging & Feeding: Hooded Warbler: Diet consists of insects and other small arthropods.

● Breeding & nesting: Hooded Warbler: Three to five cream eggs with brown spots and blotches, are laid in a grass-lined nest made of dead leaves and plant fibers, and built low in a small tree or shrub. Eggs are incubated for 12 days by both parents.

● Similar species: Hooded Warbler: None in range. Female Wilson's Warbler is smaller and lacks white in tail.

Flight Pattern

Swift direct flight of short duration on rapidly beating wings.
Hooded Warbler Body Illustration
● Range & Habitat: Hooded Warbler: Breeds from Iowa, Michigan, and southern New England south to the Gulf coast and northern Florida. Spends winters in the tropics. Preferred habitats include mature, moist forests with luxuriant undergrowth and wooded swamps.
BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester
PopulationFairly common
MigrationMigratory
Weight0.4 Ounces
Perching-like BodyX
UnderpartsX
Belly, undertail coverts, chest, flanks, and foreneck.
UpperpartsX
Back, rump, hindneck, wings, and crown.
FaceX
The front part of the head consisting of the bill, eyes, cheeks and chin.
4 and 6 letter alpha codesX

The four letter common name alpha code is is derived from the first two letters of the common first name and the first two letters of common last name. The six letter species name alpha code is derived from the first three letters of the scientific name (genus) and the first three letters of the scientific name (species). See (1) below for the rules used to create the codes..

Four-letter (for English common names) and six-letter (for scientific names) species alpha codes were developed by Pyle and DeSante (2003, North American Bird-Bander 28:64-79) to reflect A.O.U. taxonomy and nomenclature (A.O.U. 1998) as modified by Supplements 42 (Auk 117:847-858, 2000) and 43 (Auk 119:897-906, 2002). The list has been updated by Pyle and DeSante to reflect changes reported by the A.O.U from 2003 through 2006.

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ITIS CodesX

The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) was established in the mid-1990�s as a cooperative project among several federal agencies to improve and expand upon taxonomic data (known as the NODC Taxonomic Code) maintained by the National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

To find the ITIS page for a bird species go to the ITIS web site advanced search and report page at http://www.itis.gov/advanced_search.html. You can enter the TSN or the common name of the bird. It will return the ITIS page for that bird. Another way to obtain the ITIS page is to use the Google search engine. Enter the string ITIS followed by the taxonomic ID, for example "ITIS 178041" will return the page for the Allen's Hummingbird.

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Parts of a Standing birdX
Head Feathers and MarkingsX
Parts of a Flying birdX