Palm Warbler

Dendroica palmarumOrder: PASSERIFORMES Family: Wood Warblers (Parulidae)

Codes: Common Name: PAWA Scientific Name: DENPAL ITIS Taxonomic No.: 178921

Breeding Location:

Forest edge

Breeding Type:

Monogamous, Solitary nester

Breeding Population:

Fairly common to common

Egg Color:

White to cream with brown markings

Number of Eggs:

4 - 5

Incubation Days:

Egg Incubator:

Both sexes

Nest Material:

Grass and shredded bark, lined with feathers.

Migration:

Migratory

General

Palm Warbler: Medium-sized warbler with olive-brown upperparts and yellow underparts streaked with brown. Cap is chestnut-brown. Western form is grayer overall and has white belly. Sexes are similar. Winter adult is duller and has less yellow. Constantly wags tail.

Range and Habitat

Palm Warbler: Breeds from west-central Canada east to Labrador and Newfoundland, and south to extreme northern U.S. Spends winters in the southeastern U.S. and southward. Preferred habitats include bogs, marsh edges, and weedy fields.

Breeding and Nesting

Palm Warbler: Four or five brown marked, white to cream eggs are laid in a grass nest made from shreds of bark and lined with feathers and rootlets. Nest is built on the ground in a grass clump, often at the base of a small tree or bush. Eggs are incubated for approximately 12 days by both parents.

Foraging and Feeding

Palm Warbler: Eats mostly insects during summer; feeds on seeds, berries, insects, and nectar in winter; forages on the ground and in shrubs and trees.

Readily Eats

Sugar Water, Fruit, Nut Pieces

Vocalization

Palm Warbler: Song is a weak, dry trill.

Similar Species

Palm Warbler: Prairie Warbler has brighter yellow underparts and lacks streaks on breast.

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Palm Warbler

Palm Warbler: Medium warbler with olive-brown upperparts and yellow underparts streaked with brown. Cap is chestnut-brown. Western form is grayer overall and has white belly. It pumps its tail up and down more than any other warbler. Despite its name, it lives further north then most other warblers.

● Song: "zwee-zwee-zwee-zwee-zwee-zwee"

● Foraging & Feeding: Palm Warbler: Eats mostly insects during summer; feeds on seeds, berries, insects, and nectar in winter; forages on the ground and in shrubs and trees.

● Breeding & nesting: Palm Warbler: Four or five brown marked, white to cream eggs are laid in a grass nest made from shreds of bark and lined with feathers and rootlets. Nest is built on the ground in a grass clump, often at the base of a small tree or bush. Eggs are incubated for approximately 12 days by both parents.

● Similar species: Palm Warbler: Prairie Warbler has brighter yellow underparts and lacks streaks on breast.

Flight Pattern

Weak flight on rapidly beating wings.

● Range & Habitat: Palm Warbler: Breeds from west-central Canada east to Labrador and Newfoundland, and south to extreme northern U.S. Spends winters in the southeastern U.S. and southward. Preferred habitats include bogs, marsh edges, and weedy fields.

^BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester

^PopulationFairly common to common

^MigrationMigratory

^Weight0.4 Ounces

Underparts

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

Upperparts

Back, rump, hindneck, wings, and crown.

Belly

The ventral part of the bird, or the area between the flanks on each side and the crissum and breast. Flight muscles are located between the belly and the breast.

Cap

The area on top of the head 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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General

Range and Habitat

Breeding and Nesting

Foraging and Feeding

Readily Eats

Vocalization

Similar Species

Palm Warbler

Flight Pattern