General

Pine Warbler: Medium-sized warbler with plain olive-gray upperparts, yellow throat and breast, blurry-streaked sides, and white belly and undertail coverts. Wings are gray with two white bars. Female and juvenile are duller.

Range and Habitat

Pine Warbler: Breeds from extreme southeastern Manitoba, across southern Ontario and into Maine, south across the eastern U.S. to eastern Texas, the Gulf Coast, and Florida. Spends winters in the southern states, occasionally north to New England. As the name suggests, this species prefers pine forests.

Breeding and Nesting

Pine Warbler: Three to five white eggs with brown flecks at large end are laid in a compact, well-concealed nest built among pine needles near the tip of a horizontal branch, usually higher than 20 feet. Eggs are incubated for about 10 days by both parents.

Foraging and Feeding

Pine Warbler: Diet consists of insects, fruits, and seeds; forages in trees and shrubs.

Readily Eats

Sugar Water, Fruit, Nut Pieces

Vocalization

Pine Warbler: The song is musical and somewhat melancholy.

Similar Species

Pine Warbler: Yellow-throated Vireo has spectacles and a thicker bill. Blackburnian Warbler has white streaks on back and a broader stripe behind eye. Blackpoll Warbler has streaks on back and has pale yellow underparts and yellow legs and feet. Bay-breasted Warbler has brown crown and streaked back. Cape May Warbler has more heavily streaked breast and pale mark on side of neck.