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[[Image:Com yellthrt.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Male, subspecies ''G. t. arizela''<br/>Photo by {{user|digishooter|digishooter}}<br />[[Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve]], [[California]], [[USA]], March 2009]] 
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==Description==
 
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4 1/2-6" (11-15 cm). Olive-brown above, bright yellow on throat and upper breast. Male has bold black mask, bordered above with white. Females and young males lack face mask, but may be recognized by bright yellow throat and wren-like behavior.
 
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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*11-15 cm (5 ins)
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* Upper parts Olive-brown
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* Throat and upper breast bright yellow<br />
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*'''Male''' has bold black mask, bordered above with white.<br />
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*'''Females''' and young males lack the face mask, but retain yellow throat.
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==Distribution==
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'''Breeding''' [[Alaska]], [[Ontario]], and [[Newfoundland]] south throughout [[United States]].<br />
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'''Winters''' in southern states and in tropics.<br />
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Accidental vagrant to [[Great Britain]] (5 records). <br />
  
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The bird is the northernmost member of a group of yellowthroat species that occurs as far south as [[Argentina]].
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Common Yellowthroat
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[[Image:Commonyellowthroat1.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female<br />Photo by {{user|Terry+O'Nolley|Terry O'Nolley}}<br />Hughes Hollow, Potomac, [[Maryland]], September 2007 ]]
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==Taxonomy==
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====Subspecies====
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There are 13 or 14 subspeces<sup>[[#References|1]]</sup>:
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[[Image:Common yellowthroat2.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Male, subspecies ''G. t. campicola''<br/>Photo by {{user|DarrenMcKenna|DarrenMcKenna}}<br />Murray Lake, [[Alberta]], [[Canada]], June 2009]]
  
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*''G. t. arizela'' - breeds coastal pacific from southeastern [[Alaska]] south to central coastal [[California]]
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*''G. t. campicola'' - breeds from [[British Columbia]] east to western [[Ontario]] south to [[Idaho]] east to [[Nebraska]]
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*''G. t. chapalensis'' - breeds in northwest [[Mexico]]
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*''G. t. chryseola'' - breeds se. [[Arizona]] to south [[New Mexico]], west [[Texas]] and north west [[Mexico]]
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*''G. t. ignota'' - breeds in the Gulf Coast from eastern [[Louisiana]] east to whole state of [[Florida]]
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*''G. t. insperata'' - breeds in southern [[Texas]] (Rio Grande Valley south of Brownsville)
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*''G. t. melanops'' - breeds in central [[Mexico]]
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*''G. t. modesta'' - breeds in western [[Mexico]]
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*''G. t. occidentalis'' - breeds from central [[Washington]] south to [[Nevada]] east to western [[Kansas]] and [[New Mexico]]
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*''G. t. scirpicola'' - breeds in southern [[California]], northern Baja California, southern [[Nevada]], and western [[Arizona]]
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*''G. t. sinuosa'' - breeds in San Francisco bay region
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*''G. t. trichas'' - breeds throughout the east from western [[Ontario]] south to [[North Carolina]] and eastern [[Texas]]
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*''G. t. typhicolai'' - breeds from central eastern [[Mississippi]] east to coastal Carolinas and [[Georgia]]
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*''G. t. yukonicola'' - breeds in [[Yukon Territory]] and northern [[British Columbia]]<br />
  
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Description 4 1/2-6" (11-15 cm). Olive-brown above, bright yellow on throat and upper breast. Male has bold black mask, bordered above with white. Females and young males lack face mask, but may be recognized by bright yellow throat and wren-like behavior.
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''yukonicola'' is not generally recognised.
  
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Voice Loud, fast witchity-witchity-witchity-witchity-wit or which-is-it, which-is-it, which-is-it. Call a sharp chip.
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Hybridization occurred once with [[Mourning Warbler]].
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==Habitat==
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[[Image:8148310849 687fedddab c.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Immature<br />Photo by {{user|amaizlish|amaizlish}}<br />Lake Merced, San Francisco, [[California]], November 2012]]
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Moist thickets and grassy marshes, almost anywhere where it is damp or with water.
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==Behaviour==
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Rather wren-like.
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====Breeding====
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Three to five white eggs, with brown and black spots, in a loose mass of grass, sedge, and bark, lined with rootlets, hair, and fine grass, and concealed on or near the ground in a dense clump of weeds or grass, in a marshy area.
  
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Habitat Moist thickets and grassy marshes.
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At the height of the breeding season, the males perform an attractive flight display, mounting into the air while uttering a jumble of high-pitched notes, then bouncing back into the grass while giving the usual song. To foil predators, parents drop down into the thick of the grasses or weeds, secretly approach their well-hidden nest, deliver the food, and depart by another route.
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====Vocalisation====
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Nesting 3-5 white eggs, with brown and black spots, in a loose mass of grass, sedge, and bark, lined with rootlets, hair, and fine grass, and concealed on or near the ground in a dense clump of weeds or grass.
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'''Song''': Loud, fast ''witchity-witchity-witchity-witchity-wit'' or ''which-is-it, which-is-it, which-is-it''.<br />
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'''Call''': a sharp ''chip''.
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Range Breeds from Alaska, Ontario, and Newfoundland south throughout United States. Winters in southern states and in tropics.
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==Gallery==
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Click on photo for larger image
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Image:Yellowthroat2 sm.jpg|Juvenile<br />Photo by {{user|bhowdy|bhowdy}}<br />Kyker Bottom Refuge, [[Tennessee]], [[USA]], August 2008
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Image:IMG 4107.JPG|1st Year<br />Photo by {{user|tetoneon|tetoneon}}<br />[[New Jersey]], [[USA]], September 2014
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</gallery>
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==References==
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# Dunn, Jon; Garrett, Kimball. 1997. ''A Field Guide to Warblers of North America''. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. ISBN 9780395783214
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug16}}#e-Nature
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{{ref}}
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==External Links==
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{{GSearch|Geothlypis+trichas}}
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{{Video|Common_Yellowthroat}}
  
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Discussion A small bird with a yellow throat, skulking in the grass or weeds of a marshy spot, is almost certainly a Common Yellowthroat, whose cheerful song is well known. At the height of the breeding season, the males perform an attractive flight display, mounting into the air while uttering a jumble of high-pitched notes, then bouncing back into the grass while giving the usual song. To foil predators, parents drop down into the thick of the grasses or weeds, secretly approach their well-hidden nest, deliver the food, and depart by another route. The bird is the northernmost member of a group of yellowthroat species that occurs as far south as Argentina.
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[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Geothlypis]] [[Category:Videos]]
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==External Links==
 
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*[http://www.birdforum.net/pp_gallery/showgallery.php?si=common+yellowthroat&perpage=12&sort=1&cat=all&ppuser=&[email protected]&password=&x=0&y=0 View more images of Common Yellowthroat in the gallery]
 
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Revision as of 21:47, 18 September 2016

Male, subspecies G. t. arizela
Photo by digishooter
Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, California, USA, March 2009
Geothlypis trichas

Identification

  • 11-15 cm (5 ins)
  • Upper parts Olive-brown
  • Throat and upper breast bright yellow
  • Male has bold black mask, bordered above with white.
  • Females and young males lack the face mask, but retain yellow throat.

Distribution

Breeding Alaska, Ontario, and Newfoundland south throughout United States.
Winters in southern states and in tropics.
Accidental vagrant to Great Britain (5 records).

The bird is the northernmost member of a group of yellowthroat species that occurs as far south as Argentina.

Female
Photo by Terry O'Nolley
Hughes Hollow, Potomac, Maryland, September 2007

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 13 or 14 subspeces1:

Male, subspecies G. t. campicola
Photo by DarrenMcKenna
Murray Lake, Alberta, Canada, June 2009

yukonicola is not generally recognised.

Hybridization occurred once with Mourning Warbler.

Habitat

Immature
Photo by amaizlish
Lake Merced, San Francisco, California, November 2012

Moist thickets and grassy marshes, almost anywhere where it is damp or with water.

Behaviour

Rather wren-like.

Breeding

Three to five white eggs, with brown and black spots, in a loose mass of grass, sedge, and bark, lined with rootlets, hair, and fine grass, and concealed on or near the ground in a dense clump of weeds or grass, in a marshy area.

At the height of the breeding season, the males perform an attractive flight display, mounting into the air while uttering a jumble of high-pitched notes, then bouncing back into the grass while giving the usual song. To foil predators, parents drop down into the thick of the grasses or weeds, secretly approach their well-hidden nest, deliver the food, and depart by another route.

Vocalisation

Song: Loud, fast witchity-witchity-witchity-witchity-wit or which-is-it, which-is-it, which-is-it.
Call: a sharp chip.

Gallery

Click on photo for larger image

References

  1. Dunn, Jon; Garrett, Kimball. 1997. A Field Guide to Warblers of North America. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. ISBN 9780395783214
  2. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  3. e-Nature

Recommended Citation

External Links


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