Canada Warbler

Wilsonia canadensisOrder: PASSERIFORMES Family: Wood Warblers (Parulidae)

Codes: Common Name: CAWA Scientific Name: WILCAN ITIS Taxonomic No.: 178977

Head

Topo Map: Perching-like Head

Bill Shape: All-purpose
Eye Color: Dark brown in juveniles; Hazel to clove brown or deep brown-black in adults.
Head Pattern: Eyeline, Streaked, Eyering (complete or broken)
Crown Color: Dark Gray
Forehead Color: Dark Gray
Nape Color: Dark Gray
Throat Color: Yellow
Cere color: No Data

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Body

Topo Map: Perching-like Body

Length Range: 13-15 cm (5-6 in)
Weight: 11 g (0.4 oz)
Size: Size 2. Small (5 - 9 in)
Color: Blue, Gray, Yellow
Underparts: Yellow with black necklace on breast.
Upperparts: Dark Gray
Back Pattern: Solid
Belly Pattern: Solid
Breast Pattern: Striped or streaked

Flight

Topo Map: Perching-like Flight

Flight Pattern: Direct flight with rapid wing beats.
Wingspan Range: 19-22 cm (7.5-8.75 in)
Wing Shape: Rounded-Wings
Tail Shape: Fan-shaped Tail
Tail Pattern: Solid
Upper Tail: Dark Gray
Under Tail: Dark Gray
Leg Color: Pink

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Canada Warbler

Canada Warbler: Small warbler with slate-gray upperparts, bright yellow underparts, black-streaked necklace, and white vent. The eye-ring is yellow to white. Bill is gray. Pink legs and feet. Skulks in low, dense undergrowth beneath mixed hardwoods. Direct flight with quick, fluttering wing beats.

● Song: "chip"

● Foraging & Feeding: Canada Warbler: Diet consists primarily of flying insects, including mosquitoes, flies, moths, and beetles; also eats small, hairless caterpillars and spiders. Forages in shrubs and lower tree branches of both coniferous and deciduous trees, and occasionally on the ground; most frequently hops along branches, but will catch insects on the wing.

● Breeding & nesting: Canada Warbler: Three to five white or buff eggs, marked with brown, purple, and gray, are laid in a nest made of dried leaves and grass built on or near the ground at the base of a stump or in a fern clump. Eggs are incubated for approximately 12 days by the female.

● Similar species: Canada Warbler: Magnolia Warbler has black streaks that extend onto sides.

Flight Pattern

Direct flight with rapid wing beats.

● Range & Habitat: Canada Warbler: Breeds from southern Canada to northern U.S. east of the Rockies, and in the mountains to northern Georgia. Spends winters in the tropics. Preferred habitats include cool, moist woodlands with abundant undergrowth.

^BreedingSolitary nester

^PopulationCommon to fairly common

^MigrationMigratory

^Weight0.4 Ounces

Perching-like Head

Perching-like Body

Perching-like Flight

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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Canada Warbler

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Canada Warbler

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