Overview
Yellow-throated Warbler: Medium warbler with gray upperparts, yellow throat, chin, and upper breast, white underparts with black spots on sides. Head has black face patch, white eyebrows. Wings are dark with two white bars. Tail is gray with white spots near corners. Bill, legs, and feet are black.
Range and Habitat
Yellow-throated Warbler: Breeds from Illinois, Ohio, and New Jersey south to Missouri, Texas, the Gulf Coast, and northern Florida. Spends winters from the Gulf Coast states southward. Preferred habitats include forests of pine, cypress, sycamore, and oak, in both swampy places and dry uplands.
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Perching-like Body
Listen to Call
Similar Sounding
Voice Text
"tweede-tweede-tweede-tweede-dee-da-ma-deet"
Interesting Facts
The Yellow-throated Warbler was first described in 1766 by Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist.
It has a more extensive resident population in the southern United States than most other warblers.
It often creeps over the branches of the trunk like a Black-and-white Warbler.
A group of warblers has many collective nouns, including a "bouquet", "confusion", "fall", and "wrench" of warblers.
Bird Term Glossary
Author
Gary Owen Dick
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Imran Kahn
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