Magnolia Warbler

Dendroica magnoliaOrder: PASSERIFORMES Family: Wood Warblers (Parulidae)

Codes: Common Name: MAWA Scientific Name: DENMAG ITIS Taxonomic No.: 178886

Breeding Location:

Forest edge

Breeding Type:

Monogamous, Solitary nester

Breeding Population:

Fairly common to common

Egg Color:

White or green with brown marks

Number of Eggs:

3 - 5

Incubation Days:

11 - 13

Egg Incubator:

Female

Nest Material:

Grasses and sticks lined with rootlets.

Migration:

Migratory

General

Magnolia Warbler: Medium-sized warbler with dark back, yellow rump, and black-streaked yellow underparts. 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. Female and juvenile are much duller.

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.

Breeding and 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.

Foraging and 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.

Readily Eats

Sugar Water, Fruit, Nut Pieces

Vocalization

Magnolia Warbler: Song is a "weeta-weeta-weeteo." Call note is "tslip."

Similar Species

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

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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: "wee-o wee-o, wee-chew", "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.

● 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

Underparts

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

Undertail coverts

Small feathers that cover the areas where the retrices (tail feathers) attach to the rump.

Crown

The crown is the top part of the birds head.

Rump

The area between the uppertail coverts and the back of the bird.

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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