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Overview
Yellow Warbler: Small warbler with olive-yellow upperparts and bright yellow underparts with rust-brown streaks on breast, sides. Wings are dark with two white bars. Tail is dark with yellow-tinged edges. Has a wider range than any other North American warbler. Eats insects, larvae, and some fruit.
Range and Habitat
Yellow Warbler: Breeds from Alaska east across Canada to Newfoundland and south to southern California, northern Oklahoma, and northern Georgia. Spends winters in southern Florida and the tropics. Preferred habitats include edges of marshes and swamps, willow-lined streams, leafy bogs, thickets, orchards, farmlands, forest edges, and suburban yards and gardens.
Topo Map:
Perching-like Body
Listen to Call
Similar Sounding
Voice Text
"sweet-sweet-sweet", "sweeter-than-sweet", "chip"
Interesting Facts
A group of yellow warblers are collectively known as a "stream", "sweetness", and "trepidation" of warblers.
Bird Term Glossary
Author
Gary Owen Dick
Related Birds
American Goldfinch
Orange-crowned Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Wilson's Warbler
Golden-winged Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
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