Hooded Warbler
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 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | ||||||||||||||
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| Wilsonia citrina (Boddaert, 1783) |
The Hooded Warbler, Wilsonia citrina, is a New World warbler. It breeds in eastern North America and across the eastern USA and into southernmost Canada, (Ontario). It is migratory, wintering in Central America and the West Indies. Hooded Warblers are very rare vagrants to western Europe.
The Hooded Warbler has a plain olive/green-brown back, and yellow underparts. Their outer rectrices have whitish vanes. Males have black hoods which surround their yellow faces; the female has an olive-green cap which does not extend to the forehead, ears and throat instead. Males attain their hood at about 9-12 months of age; younger birds are essentially identical to (and easily confused with) females[1]. The song is a series of musical notes which sound like: wheeta wheeta whee-tee-oh. The call of these birds is a loud chip.
These birds feed on insects, which are often found in low vegetation or caught by flycatching. Hooded Warblers' breeding habitats are broadleaved woodlands with dense undergrowth. These birds nest in low areas of a bush, laying 3-5 eggs in a cup-shaped nest. Hooded Warblers are often the victims of brood parisitism by the Brown-headed Cowbird, especially where the Hooded Warblers' forest habitats are fragmented.
References
- BirdLife International (2004). Wilsonia citrina. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 12 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
- Burns, Frank L. (1989): Hooded Warbler. Wilson Bull. 10(5): 70. DjVu fulltext PDF fulltext
- Curson, Jon; Quinn, David & Beadle David (1994): New World Warblers. Christopher Helm, London. ISBN 0-7136-3932-6
External links
- Hooded Warbler Species Account - Cornell Lab of Ornithology
- Hooded Warbler - Wilsonia citrina - USGS Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter
- Hooded Warbler Information - South Dakota Birds and Birding
- Stamps (for Cuba, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) with RangeMap
- Hooded Warbler videos on the Internet Bird Collection
- Hooded Warbler photo gallery VIREO Photo-High Res--(Close-up)
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Hooded Warbler". Image Credit.
