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| − | Breeds | + | 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]]. |
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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. | ||
Revision as of 17:18, 23 July 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.
Description
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.
Habitat
Later successional habitats including old fields, brushy hillsides, and stream edges.
Voice
Song a rather harsh, buzzy beeee-BZZZZZ like a deep sigh.
