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Magnolia Warbler

Dendroica magnoliaOrder: PASSERIFORMES Family: Wood Warblers (Parulidae)
Codes: Common Name: MAWA Scientific Name: DENMAG ITIS Taxonomic No.: 178886
Least Concern
 
Magnolia Warbler
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Overview

Magnolia Warbler: Medium-sized warbler with dark back, yellow rump, and black-streaked yellow underparts. The head has a blue-gray crown, yellow throat, and thick white eyebrows. Wings are dark with two white bars. Tail is dark with white patches and undertail coverts. Bill, legs and feet are black.

Range and Habitat

Magnolia Warbler: Breeds from British Columbia across central Canada to the northeastern U.S. and Appalachian mountains south to Virginia. Rare visitor to the west coast; winters in the tropics. Breeds in open stands of young spruce and fir. During migration, it can be found almost any place with shrubbery or trees.

Topo Map: Perching-like Body


Listen to Call

Similar Sounding

Voice Text

Brief high-pitched wee-o. wee-o, wee-chew or weety-weety-weeteeo.

Interesting Facts

 A group of magnolia warblers are collectively known as "a corsage of warblers."


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Author

Gary Owen Dick

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Range Map for Magnolia Warbler

Related Birds

Yellow-rumped Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Grace's Warbler
Canada Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Kirtland's Warbler
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Family Wood Warbler (Parulidae)_blue
Species Dendroica magnolia
Length5 Inches
Wingspan7.75 Inches

Magnolia Warbler

Magnolia Warbler: Medium-sized warbler with dark back, yellow rump, and black-streaked yellow underparts. The head has a blue-gray crown, yellow throat, and thick white eyebrows. Wings are dark with two white bars. Tail is dark with white patches and undertail coverts. Bill, legs and feet are black.

● Song: Brief high-pitched wee-o. wee-o, wee-chew or weety-weety-weeteeo.

● Foraging & Feeding: Magnolia Warbler: Eats mostly insects, but also feeds on berries. Gleans insects from undersides of leaves and from bark crevices; frequently spreads its tail, exposing bold white patches.

● Breeding & nesting: Magnolia Warbler: Three to five brown marked, white or green eggs are laid in a shallow twig-and-grass nest lined with rootlets. Incubation ranges from 11 to 13 days and is carried out by the female.

● Similar species: Magnolia Warbler: Prairie, Kirtland's, Black-throated Green, and Blackburnian warblers lack gray breast bands and white tail patches.

Flight Pattern

Weak flight with series of rapid wing beats alternating with brief periods of wings pulled to side.
Magnolia Warbler Body Illustration
● Range & Habitat: Magnolia Warbler: Breeds from British Columbia across central Canada to the northeastern U.S. and Appalachian mountains south to Virginia. Rare visitor to the west coast; winters in the tropics. Breeds in open stands of young spruce and fir. During migration, it can be found almost any place with shrubbery or trees.
BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester
PopulationFairly common to common
MigrationMigratory
Weight0.3 Ounces
Perching-like BodyX
UnderpartsX
Belly, undertail coverts, chest, flanks, and foreneck.
Undertail covertsX
Small feathers that cover the areas where the retrices (tail feathers) attach to the rump.
CrownX
The crown is the top part of the birds head.
RumpX
The area between the uppertail coverts and the back of the bird.
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