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Nashville Warbler

Vermivora ruficapillaOrder: PASSERIFORMES Family: Wood Warblers (Parulidae)
Codes: Common Name: NAWA Scientific Name: VERRUF ITIS Taxonomic No.: 178861
Least Concern
 
Nashville Warbler
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Overview

Nashville Warbler: Small warbler, olive-green upperparts, yellow underparts, white lower belly. Small chestnut-brown cap, barely noticeable. Gray hood extends to back, eye-ring is white. Two breeding populations, a mid to northeastern one that doesn't wag its tail, and a Pacific Coast one that does.

Range and Habitat

Nashville Warbler: Breeds from British Columbia and northwestern Montana south to central California and central Idaho; and from Manitoba, Quebec, and Nova Scotia, south to Minnesota, northern West Virginia, and western Maryland. Spends winters south of the U.S.-Mexico border. Preferred habitats include thickets in open mixed forests or brushy borders of swamps.

Topo Map: Perching-like Body


Listen to Call

Similar Sounding

Voice Text

"teebit-teebit-teebit, chipper-chipper-chipper-chipper"

Interesting Facts

 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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Range Map for Nashville Warbler

Related Birds

Orange-crowned Warbler
Virginia's Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
MacGillivray's Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Bachman's Warbler
Colima Warbler
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Family Wood Warbler (Parulidae)_blue
Species Vermivora ruficapilla
Length4.75 Inches
Wingspan7.5 Inches

Nashville Warbler

Nashville Warbler: Small warbler, olive-green upperparts, yellow underparts, white lower belly. Small chestnut-brown cap, barely noticeable. Gray hood extends to back, eye-ring is white. Two breeding populations, a mid to northeastern one that doesn't wag its tail, and a Pacific Coast one that does.

● Song: "teebit-teebit-teebit, chipper-chipper-chipper-chipper"

● Foraging & Feeding: Nashville Warbler: Eats mostly insects; forages by gleaning food from foliage, usually in mid-levels of a forest.

● Breeding & nesting: Nashville Warbler: Four or five white to creamy white eggs with small brown spots are laid in a cup of grass, leaves, and roots, lined with pine needles and fine grass, and concealed on the ground at the base of a bush or tussock of grass. Incubation ranges from 11 to 12 days and is carried out by both parents.

● Similar species: Nashville Warbler: Mourning and MacGillivray's warblers lack yellow throats and complete white eye-rings.

Flight Pattern

Weak flight on rapidly beating wings.
Nashville Warbler Body Illustration
● Range & Habitat: Nashville Warbler: Breeds from British Columbia and northwestern Montana south to central California and central Idaho; and from Manitoba, Quebec, and Nova Scotia, south to Minnesota, northern West Virginia, and western Maryland. Spends winters south of the U.S.-Mexico border. Preferred habitats include thickets in open mixed forests or brushy borders of swamps.
BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester
PopulationCommon to fairly common
MigrationMigratory
Weight0.3 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