Yellow-Rumped Warbler? (2 Viewers)

[Jon M]

Can't quite identify this one. I believe a yellow rumped warbler, but the throat isn't pure white. Seen in mid-Missouri forest canopy, Mid-April.

thanks for any clues.

Jon

 

[Andy Adcock]

I think it's Yellow-rumped too, there are two forms, white throated and yellow throated, referred to as Myrtle and Audubon's Warblers respectively, not sure if integrades occur?

 

[Viktor Björkert]

Hybrids between the two species (or subspecies) are regular in the contact zone and display a mixture of characteristics, for example both yellow and white in the throat. However, to me the yellow on the throat of this individual looks more like some sort of stain than the actual colouration of the feathers. Compare with this image of a probably pure Myrtle Warbler from eBird: ML92373091 - Yellow-rumped Warbler - Macaulay Library.