Yellow Warbler

Dendroica petechiaOrder: PASSERIFORMES Family: Wood Warblers (Parulidae)

Codes: Common Name: YWAR Scientific Name: DENPET ITIS Taxonomic No.: 178878

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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

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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

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Yellow Warbler

● Song: "sweet-sweet-sweet", "sweeter-than-sweet", "chip"

● Foraging & Feeding: Yellow Warbler: Feeds mostly on insects and spiders, but will take berries; forages in trees and bushes.

● Breeding & nesting: Yellow Warbler: Three to six olive and brown marked, gray, green, or blue eggs are laid in a well-made cup of bark, plant fibers, and down, and built in a small sapling. Incubation ranges from 11 to 12 days and is carried out by the female.

● Similar species: Yellow Warbler: American Goldfinch has black wings and tail.

Flight Pattern

Weak flight.

● Range & 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.

^BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester

^PopulationWidespread

^MigrationMigratory

^Weight0.3 Ounces

Perching-like Body

Underparts

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

Upperparts

Back, rump, hindneck, wings, and crown.

Breast

The upper front part of a 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.

Field Guide to Birds of North America

Yellow Warbler

Birdman Mel's Backyard Tips

Overview

Range and Habitat

Topo Map: Perching-like Body

Listen to Call

Similar Sounding

Voice Text

Interesting Facts

Bird Term Glossary

Author

Related Birds

Yellow Warbler

Flight Pattern