Category: Parulidae

A Black and White Warbler’s Nest with Eight Cowbird Eggs

Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) Science Article 1 abstract In an oak-hickory woodland about three-quarters of a mile southeast of Half Moon Lake, Washtenaw County, Michigan, I found, on May 16, 1949, a nest of the Black and White Warbler GEORGE W. BYERS, Wil. Bull. 62, 3 1950 Download article download full text (pdf)

NESTING OF THE BAY-BREASTED WARBLER

Bay-breasted Warbler (Dendroica castanea) Science Article 1 abstract IN most of the publications dealing with the avifauna of eastern United States, the Bay-breasted Warbler (Dendroicac astanea) is considered a rare or at least an uncommon bird. Frequenting the coniferous forests of the Canadian Zone, it breeds within this country in only a few of the […]

BAY-BREASTED WARBLER Dendroica castanea: Species Information

Bay-breasted Warbler (Dendroica castanea) Science Article 3 abstract The Bay-breasted Warbler is a neotropical migrantsongbird. It is one of 12 species of warbler in thegenus Dendroica that breed in British Columbia(Campbell et al. 2001). No subspecies are recognized(AOU 1957; Cannings 1998). John M. Cooper and Suzanne M. Beauchesne, Accounts and Measures for Managing Identified Wildlife […]

Bay-breasted Warblers Feeding on Fruit: Interspecific Social Facilitation?

Bay-breasted Warbler (Dendroica castanea) Science Article 2 abstract At about 1135 on 4 October 1975 we noticed a Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olwacea) feeding on the fruits of a very large dogwood (Comus florida) about 2 m from the window of our home west of Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Helmut C. Mueller, Bird Banding summer 1976 […]

Swainsons Warbler (Limnothlypis swainsonii)

[order] PASSERIFORMES | [family] Parulidae | [latin] Limnothlypis swainsonii | [UK] Swainsons Warbler | [FR] Sylvette de Swainson | [DE] Swainson-Waldsanger | [ES] Reinita de Swainson | [NL] Swainsons Zanger Subspecies Genus Species subspecies Breeding Range Breeding Range 2 Non Breeding Range Seiurus swainsonii Limnothlypis swainsonii NA se USA MA, West Indies Physical charateristics A […]

Kirtlands Warbler (Dendroica kirtlandii)

[order] PASSERIFORMES | [family] Parulidae | [latin] Dendroica kirtlandii | [UK] Kirtlands Warbler | [FR] Sylvette de Kirtland | [DE] Michigan-Waldsanger | [ES] Reinita de Kirtland | [NL] Kirtland Zanger Subspecies Monotypic species Physical charateristics Bluish gray above, streaked with black; yellow below, with black spots or streaks confined to the sides. Male has a […]

Virginias Warbler (Oreothlypis virginiae)

[order] PASSERIFORMES | [family] Parulidae | [latin] Oreothlypis virginiae | [UK] Virginias Warbler | [FR] Sylvette de Virginia | [DE] Virginia-Waldsanger | [ES] Reinita de Virginia | [NL] Virginia-zanger Subspecies Monotypic species Physical charateristics Male: A small gray warbler, with a yellowish rump and undertail coverts, narrow white eye-ring, rufous spot on the crown (usually […]

Worm-eating Warbler (Helmitheros vermivorum)

[order] PASSERIFORMES | [family] Parulidae | [latin] Helmitheros vermivorum | [UK] Worm-eating Warbler | [FR] Sylvette vermivore | [DE] Halden-Waldsanger | [ES] Chipe gusanero | [NL] Streepkopzanger Subspecies Genus Species subspecies Breeding Range Breeding Range 2 Non Breeding Range Limnothlypis vermivorum Helmitheros vermivorum NA e USA MA, West Indies Physical charateristics A modest forager of […]

Yellow-throated Warbler (Dendroica dominica)

[order] PASSERIFORMES | [family] Parulidae | [latin] Dendroica dominica | [UK] Yellow-throated Warbler | [FR] Sylvette a gorge jaune | [DE] Goldkehl-Waldsanger | [ES] Reinita gorgiamarilla | [NL] Geelkeelzanger Subspecies Genus Species subspecies Breeding Range Breeding Range 2 Non Breeding Range Dendroica dominica NA e, se USA MA, Greater Antilles Dendroica dominica albilora Dendroica dominica […]