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Gray-crowned Yellowthroat

Geothlypis poliocephalaOrder: PASSERIFORMESFamily: Wood Warblers (Parulidae)

Gray-crowned Yellowthroat Portrait
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Gray-crowned Yellowthroat Variations

Gray-crowned Yellowthroat
Female
Gray-crowned Yellowthroat
Gray-crowned Yellowthroat
Male
Gray-crowned Yellowthroat

General

Gray-crowned Yellowthroat: Large, Neotropical warbler rarly seen in the U.S.; once a resident in lower Rio Grande in Texas. Upperparts are olive-brown to olive-gray, with grayer head, distinctive black mark between bill and eye, and broken white eye-ring. Upper mandible is black and lower mandible is pink. Underparts are yellow with gray wash on sides. Female is duller and has a browner head and less distinct, gray mark between eye and bill. Juvenile is paler olive-gray.

Range and Habitat

Gray-crowned Yellowthroat: Mexico and Central America, strays occasionally to southern Texas. Perfers tall dense grasses with shrubs and low trees.

Listen to Call

Voice Text

"chee dle", "chee dle", "chee dle"

Interesting Facts

 The Gray-crowned Yellowthroat is also known as the Meadow Warbler and the Ground Chat.

 This bird was first described by Spencer Fullerton Baird in 1865.

 A group of warblers has many collective nouns, including a "bouquet", "confusion", "fall", and "wrench" of warblers.



Author

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Range Map for Gray-crowned Yellowthroat
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Family Wood Warbler (Parulidae)_blue
Species Geothlypis poliocephala
Length5.5 Inches
Wingspan8.5 Inches

Gray-crowned Yellowthroat

Gray-crowned Yellowthroat: Large warbler rarly seen in the U.S. Upperparts are olive-brown to olive-gray with a grayer head, distinctive black mark between bill and eyes, and broken white eye-ring. The upper mandible is black and lower mandible is pink. Underparts are yellow with gray wash on sides.

● Song: "chee dle", "chee dle", "chee dle"

● Foraging & Feeding: Gray-crowned Yellowthroat: Eats seeds, berries and insects. Forages mostly at ground level.

● Breeding & nesting: Gray-crowned Yellowthroat: Two to four white to creamy white eggs with red brown flecks are laid in a cup nest of thick grass lined with fine grasses and hair set atop a small grassy hillock. Female incubates for 10 to 12 days.

● Similar species: Gray-crowned Yellowthroat: Common Yelowthroat has large black mask area. Behaves more like a wren and voice differs.

Flight Pattern

Slow, jerky short direct flights with rapid wing beats.
Gray-crowned Yellowthroat: Male
● Range & Habitat: Gray-crowned Yellowthroat: Mexico and Central America, strays occasionally to southern Texas. Perfers tall dense grasses with shrubs and low trees.
BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester
PopulationRare in North America
MigrationNonmigratory
Weight0.5 Ounces