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The yellow-rumped warbler (Setophaga coronata) is a regular North American bird species that can be commonly observed all across the continent.Its extensive range connects both the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of the U.S. as well as Canada and Central America, with the population concentrated in the continent's northern reaches during the breeding season and migrating southwards to southern ...
This form is distinguished from the myrtle warbler by its lack of a whitish eyestripe, its yellow throat, and concolorous cheek patch. The song is a simple trill, and they make a hard check call. Both males and females measure between 12–14 centimetres (4.7–5.5 in) long, with a wingspan of 19–23 centimetres (7.5–9.1 in).
The yellow warbler starts breeding in May/June, while the mangrove warbler breeds all year round. American yellow warblers have been known to raise a brood of young in as little as 45 days, with 75 the norm. Tropical populations, by contrast, need more than 100 days per breeding. Males court the females with songs, singing 3,200 or more per day.
A bird that is rarely seen inland across the UK, has been spotted 38 miles (62 km) from the coast. The yellow-browed warbler was sighted wintering around Verulamium Lake in St Albans, Hertfordshire.
Yellow-throated warblers will occasionally hybridize with northern parulas (Setophaga americana), resulting in a hybrid species known as Sutton's warblers. [5] Sutton's warblers lack the black streaks bordering the breast indicative of yellow-throated warblers, and have a suffused greenish-yellow wash on their back, which is also not indicative of yellow-throated warblers. [6]
The myrtle warbler (Setophaga coronata) is a small New World warbler. It is considered a subspecies of the yellow-rumped warbler and its own species by different classification societies. The myrtle warbler has a northerly and easterly distribution, with the Audubon's warbler farther west.
Black-throated blue warbler, Setophaga caerulescens; Palm warbler, Setophaga palmarum; Pine warbler, Setophaga pinus (O) Yellow-rumped warbler, Setophaga coronata; Yellow-throated warbler, Setophaga dominica; Prairie warbler, Setophaga discolor; Black-throated gray warbler, Setophaga nigrescens (O) Townsend's warbler, Setophaga townsendi (O)
Tennessee warbler Common yellowthroat Yellow-rumped warbler. Order: Passeriformes Family: Parulidae. The wood-warblers are a group of small, often colorful, passerine birds restricted to the New World. Most are arboreal, but some are terrestrial.