Warbler or Vireo - South East Florida (1 Viewer)

[Zackiedawg]

Having trouble with this little guy high up in the trees. My first thought was possibly yellow-rumped warbler, but that strong white eyebrow is throwing me. Almost makes me think of a red-eyed or black-whiskered vireo's strong eyebrow - but there's no black eyeline or lower white stripe under the eye...and too much marking on the chest, dark cheek...hopefully someone could confirm the ID:

 

[dwatsonbirder]

I'd say you should stick to your gut with this one Justin - Yellow rumped warbler indeed, the pronounced supercillium isn't that unusual.

 

[Zackiedawg]

Thank you. I can't say I see that too often on our Y-Rs, but I do recall having an ID trouble a few years ago with one like this. Glad to know I was on track with my gut though. I have been dealing with dozens of warblers, vireos, parulas, redstarts, etc and generally pretty confident with IDs - but every once in a while, one like this throws me a bit.

 

[KC Foggin]

Check-out-this-link:

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Flashing its trademark yellow rump patch as it flies away, calling check for confirmation, this is one of our best-known warblers. While most of its relatives migrate to the tropics in fall, the Yellow-rump, able to live on berries, commonly remains as far north as New England and Seattle; it is...

www.audubon.org

 

[AveryBartels]

Learning and then paying attention to the undertail pattern is a helpful way to separate warblers. It would have also ruled out any suggestion of Vireo right off the bat as none of them have white undertail spots

 

[Zackiedawg]

I'll have to remember that on vireos' tails. I see 200 warblers for every 1 vireo, so I'm not as familiar with vireos' markings except the obvious ones (as far as I know, I've only really seen black-whiskered, red-eyed, and white-eyed vireos.