Yellow-Headed Warbler (ID?) (1 Viewer)

JohnKoerner007

Wildlife Photographer

• Sep 17, 2020

• #1

Hi.

Would someone please help me with the ID (and sex) of this warbler?

Southern Arizona (Madera Canyon), today.

Thank you

 

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Microtus

Maryland USA (he/him)

• Sep 17, 2020

• #2

Townsend's Warbler.

 

KC Foggin

Very, very long time member

Supporter

• Sep 17, 2020

• #3

Hi John!

I agree. A Townsend's Warbler

 

JohnKoerner007

Wildlife Photographer

• Sep 17, 2020

• #4

Thank you!!

... female?

 

R

rkj

Well-known member

• Sep 17, 2020

• #5

I really don't know what this is, but Townsend's Warbler should always have some black streaks on the flanks and some yellow below. The nearest I can come is an immature Cerulean Warbler, though that seems unlikely on range.

 

Larry Sweetland

Formerly 'Larry Wheatland'

• Sep 17, 2020

• #6

It's a Hermit Warbler

 

Microtus

Maryland USA (he/him)

• Sep 17, 2020

• #7

Larry Sweetland said:

It's a Hermit Warbler

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It is indeed a Hermit Warbler. I looked at a field guide this time. :-C

 

KenM

Well-known member

• Sep 17, 2020

• #8

Isn’t this a hybrid of Townsend’s x Hermit, I’ve encountered this type several times on the Oregon West coast?

Cheers

 

Nutcracker

Stop Brexit!

• Sep 17, 2020

• #9

No personal experience of these, but looks a much better fit for Hermit; can't see any firm reasons myself to call it a hybrid :t:

 

KenM

Well-known member

• Sep 17, 2020

• #10

Nutcracker said:

No personal experience of these, but looks a much better fit for Hermit; can't see any firm reasons myself to call it a hybrid :t:

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If you read Sibley, it states that hybridisation can occur where they overlap, having seen both species prior to the “hybrid” types that I encountered for the first time several years ago, I can attest to that statement. :t:

 

pbjosh

missing the neotropics

• Sep 17, 2020

• #11

This is a straight up Hermit Warbler. I don't see any suggestion of Townsend's influence.

 

JohnKoerner007

Wildlife Photographer

• Sep 18, 2020

• #12

A sincere thanks to all of you who have taken the time to comment.

I will amend my description to "Hermit Warbler," as I have no additional evidence of hybridization.

"Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability."
~ Edsger Dijkstra

 

JohnKoerner007

Wildlife Photographer

• Sep 18, 2020

• #13

Here are some more photos ...

Here are some more photos ... they may help w/ the ID. (Same individual.)

 

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Nutcracker

Stop Brexit!

• Sep 18, 2020

• #14

JohnKoerner007 said:

A sincere thanks to all of you who have taken the time to comment.

I will amend my description to "Hermit Warbler," as I have no additional evidence of hybridization.

"Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability."
~ Edsger Dijkstra

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Yep, though the proofreading pedant in me points out, just "Hermit Warbler", not "Hermit Warbler," - the species doesn't have a comma in its name :t:

Nice extra photos!

 

JohnKoerner007

Wildlife Photographer

• Sep 19, 2020

• #15

Nutcracker said:

Yep, though the proofreading pedant in me points out, just "Hermit Warbler", not "Hermit Warbler," - the species doesn't have a comma in its name :t:

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Commas and periods always go inside the quotation marks in American English (check where I'm from, genius).

Dashes, colons, and semicolons almost always go outside the quotation marks; question marks and exclamation marks sometimes go inside, sometimes stay outside.

https://www.grammarly.com/blog/quotation-marks

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Nice extra photos!

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I know; the images were taken with $16,000 worth of gear (D5 + 400 FL ED).