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Palm Warbler

Dendroica palmarumOrder: PASSERIFORMES Family: Wood Warblers (Parulidae)
Codes: Common Name: PAWA Scientific Name: DENPAL ITIS Taxonomic No.: 178921
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Overview

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.


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.

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Topo Map: Perching-like Body


Listen to Call

Similar Sounding

Voice Text

"zwee-zwee-zwee-zwee-zwee-zwee"

Interesting Facts

 The Palm Warbler can be most easily recognized by the tail-wagging habit that shows off its yellow undertail.

 They forage on the ground much more than other warblers, sometimes flying to catch insects.

 This is one of only three Dendroica warblers (Kirtland's and Prairie are the others) to incessantly bob its tail.

 A group of palm warblers are collectively known as a "reading" of warblers.


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Range Map for Palm Warbler

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Family Wood Warbler (Parulidae)_blue
Species Dendroica palmarum
Length5.25 Inches
Wingspan8.5 Inches

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.
Palm Warbler Body Illustration
● 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
Perching-like BodyX
UnderpartsX
Belly, undertail coverts, chest, flanks, and foreneck.
UpperpartsX
Back, rump, hindneck, wings, and crown.
BellyX
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.
CapX
The area on top of the head 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