Bird name:

Bachman's Warbler

Vermivora bachmanii

Order

PASSERIFORMES

Family

Wood Warblers (Parulidae)

Code 4

BAWA

Code 6

VERBAC

ITIS

178854

Breeding Location:

Forests

Breeding Type:

Monogamous, Solitary nester

Breeding Population:

Probably extinct

Egg Color:

White

Number of Eggs:

3 - 5

Incubation Days:

Egg Incubator:

Female

Nest Material:

Leaves, grass, moss, and other plant material., Lined with finer material and Spanish Moss.

Migration:

Migratory

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General

Bachman's Warbler: Small warbler with olive-green upperparts, yellow forehead, throat, and underparts, faint white eye-ring, and black crown and bib. Female and juvenile are duller and lack black on crown and breast. Believed to be extinct.

Range and Habitat

Bachman's Warbler: Probably extinct; previously occurred in the southeastern U.S. during its breeding season; the only positive winter reports for this species were in Cuba and southern Florida. In the breeding season, the species favored seasonally flooded swamp forests, especially with cane thickets.

Breeding and Nesting

Bachman's Warbler: Three to five white eggs are laid in a nest made of leaves, grass, moss, and other plant material, lined with finer material and Spanish moss, and built from 1 to 4 feet above the ground in a bottomland forest, usually near water. Female incubates eggs for about 12 days.

Foraging and Feeding

Bachman's Warbler: Eats insects, mostly caterpillars, spiders, and other small invertebrates: Forages by searching among leaves and probing into leaf clusters.

Readily Eats

Sugar Water, Fruit, Nut Pieces

Vocalization

Bachman's Warbler: Song is a series of buzzing notes remaining on one pitch.

Similar Species

Bachman's Warbler: Sides of face, belly, and undertail coverts of the Hooded Warbler are yellow; also has large white patches on outer tail feathers.

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Underparts

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

Upperparts

Back, rump, hindneck, wings, and crown.

Breast

The upper front part of a bird.

Crown

The crown is the top part of the birds head.

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.

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