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Townsend's Warbler

Dendroica townsendiOrder: PASSERIFORMESFamily: Wood Warblers (Parulidae)
Townsend's Warbler Head Illustration

Head

  • Bill Shape: All-purpose
  • Eye Color: Black.
  • Head Pattern: Eyeline, Streaked, Eyering, Unique pattern
  • Crown Color: Black
  • Forehead Color: Black
  • Nape Color: Black
  • Throat Color: Black
  • Cere color: No Data
Townsend's Warbler Body Illustration

Body

  • Length Range: 12-13 cm (4.75-5 in)
  • Weight: 9 g (0.3 oz)
  • Size: Very Small (3 - 5 in)
  • Color Primary: Black, Yellow, Olive
  • Underparts: Yellow with black streaking on flanks and white belly.
  • Upperparts: Olive-green with black streaks.
  • Back Pattern: Spotted or speckled, Striped or streaked
  • Belly Pattern: Solid
  • Breast Pattern: Solid
Townsend's Warbler Flight Illustration

Flight

  • Flight Pattern: Weak flight on rapidly beating wings.
  • Wingspan Range: 19-20 cm (7.5-8 in)
  • Wing Shape: Rounded-Wings
  • Tail Shape: Fan-shaped Tail
  • Tail Pattern: Solid
  • Upper Tail: Black with white outer feathers.
  • Under Tail: Black with white outer feathers.
  • Leg Color: Black
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Family
Species Dendroica townsendi
Length4.75 - 5 Inches
Wingspan7.75 Inches

Townsend's Warbler

Townsend's Warbler: Olive-green upperparts, black throat and upper breast. Lower breast and sides are yellow with black streaks and belly is white.Face is yellow with black crown and cheek patch and yellow crescent below eye. Wings have two white bars. Tail has white edges, dark center and tip.

● Song: "zwee-zwee-zwee", "tew", "eek", "whee"

● Foraging & Feeding: Townsend's Warbler: Diet consists of insects and spiders; forages by gleaning prey from clumps of leaves while perched or hovering; occasionally catches flying insects in mid-air.

● Breeding & nesting: Townsend's Warbler: Three to five white eggs, with small brown spots, are laid in a well-concealed shallow cup nest, usually in a conifer. Eggs are incubated for 12 days by the female.

● Similar species: Townsend's Warbler: Black-throated Green Warbler has yellow cheeks and face without dark ear patches. Hermit Warbler lacks black cheeks and crown.

Flight Pattern

Weak flight on rapidly beating wings.
Townsend's Warbler Body Illustration
● Range & Habitat: Townsend's Warbler: Breeds from Alaska and British Columbia to northern Washington, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming. Spends winters from southwestern California southward. Preferred habitats include coniferous forests, especially old stands of Douglas firs.
BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester
PopulationFairly common in coniferous range
MigrationMigratory
Weight0.3 Ounces