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Bird name:

Hooded Warbler

Wilsonia citrina

Order

PASSERIFORMES

Family

Wood Warblers (Parulidae)

Code 4

HOWA

Code 6

WILCIT

ITIS

178972

Breeding Location:

Forests, coniferous, Forest edge, Bushes, shrubs, and thickets, Marshes, freshwater, Swamps

Breeding Type:

Monogamous, Solitary nester

Breeding Population:

Fairly common

Egg Color:

Cream with brown spots and blotches

Number of Eggs:

3 - 5

Incubation Days:

Egg Incubator:

Both sexes

Nest Material:

Dried leaves, plant fibers, and down bound with spider's silk with lining of mammal hair and grasses.

Migration:

Migratory

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General

Hooded Warbler: Medium-sized warbler with olive-green upperparts and bright yellow underparts. Head has black hood with contrasting yellow face. Tail is often spread, displaying large white spots. Female and juvenile are duller and lack black hoods.

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.

Breeding and 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.

Foraging and Feeding

Hooded Warbler: Diet consists of insects and other small arthropods.

Readily Eats

Sugar Water, Fruit, Nut Pieces

Vocalization

Hooded Warbler: Song is a clear, ringing "tawee-tawee-tawee-tee-o."

Similar Species

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

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Underparts

Belly, undertail coverts, chest, flanks, and foreneck.

Upperparts

Back, rump, hindneck, wings, and crown.

Face

The front part of the head consisting of the bill, eyes, cheeks and chin.

4 and 6 letter alpha codes

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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