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Help with warbler id from Ding Darling (1 Viewer)
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prairiemerlin
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It's a Prairie Warbler - a Magnolia Warbler has a white undertail and solid black tip, which is unique. This bird shows large white tailspots which is good for Prairie. The face pattern - eye crescent, grayish face, darker border of auriculars - is also good for Prairie. A Magnolia would show a plainer face. A Pine Warbler would show a much more diffuse olive face with little contrast, and would have less bold streaking on the underparts.
Neil G.
Neil G.
Microtus
Maryland USA (he/him)
Hi Voguedog.
Pardon my choice of nouns here:
The underside tail pattern on a Magnolia Warbler is a white base (a little more than the basal half) and a black 'tip' (a little less than half). The underside tail pattern of a Prairie Warbler is almost entirely white, with some black starting on the edge of the tail and heading toward the center of the tail at the tip.
The tail in this bird does not have the clean horizontal separation of black and white of Magnolia, and does have the diagonal pattern of Prairie. You can see, in the second picture, the black arc under the eye found on Prairie Warbler.
Pardon my choice of nouns here:
The underside tail pattern on a Magnolia Warbler is a white base (a little more than the basal half) and a black 'tip' (a little less than half). The underside tail pattern of a Prairie Warbler is almost entirely white, with some black starting on the edge of the tail and heading toward the center of the tail at the tip.
The tail in this bird does not have the clean horizontal separation of black and white of Magnolia, and does have the diagonal pattern of Prairie. You can see, in the second picture, the black arc under the eye found on Prairie Warbler.
