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Head and underparts yellow with black lores, crown washed olive in all except adult male, undertail coverts whitish. Hind-neck and upperparts olive, wings and tail blue-gray with 2 whitish wingbars, white tail-spots. | Head and underparts yellow with black lores, crown washed olive in all except adult male, undertail coverts whitish. Hind-neck and upperparts olive, wings and tail blue-gray with 2 whitish wingbars, white tail-spots. | ||
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Interbreeds with [[Golden-winged Warbler]], producing two main plumage types: 'Brewster's Warbler' and 'Lawrence's Warbler'. | Interbreeds with [[Golden-winged Warbler]], producing two main plumage types: 'Brewster's Warbler' and 'Lawrence's Warbler'. | ||
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Later successional habitats including old fields, brushy hillsides, and stream edges. | Later successional habitats including old fields, brushy hillsides, and stream edges. | ||
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| + | They build a cup shaped nest on the ground or low in a bush; 4-7 eggs are laid. | ||
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| + | The diet includes insects, and spiders. | ||
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Song a rather harsh, buzzy <i>beeee-BZZZZZ</i> like a deep sigh. | Song a rather harsh, buzzy <i>beeee-BZZZZZ</i> like a deep sigh. | ||
Revision as of 15:08, 8 December 2008
- Vermivora pinus
Identification
L 4 3/4" (12cm)
Male
- Yellow head and underparts
- Black eyeline
- Blue-gray wings, with two white wing-bars
- Undertail coverts are yellowish or white
- Olive back
Female
- Females are similar but duller.
Head and underparts yellow with black lores, crown washed olive in all except adult male, undertail coverts whitish. Hind-neck and upperparts olive, wings and tail blue-gray with 2 whitish wingbars, white tail-spots.
Hybridization
Interbreeds with Golden-winged Warbler, producing two main plumage types: 'Brewster's Warbler' and 'Lawrence's Warbler'.
Distribution
Breeds eastern North America from southern Minnesota east to New York, Massachusetts and Connecticut south to Arkansas in the western part of its range, east across Michigan, southern Ontario, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia and Pennsylvania; winters eastern Mexico to central Panama. Rare vagrant in the west, mostly to Colorado and California.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
Habitat
Later successional habitats including old fields, brushy hillsides, and stream edges.
Behaviour
They build a cup shaped nest on the ground or low in a bush; 4-7 eggs are laid.
The diet includes insects, and spiders.
Vocalisation
Song a rather harsh, buzzy beeee-BZZZZZ like a deep sigh.
