Virginia's Warbler

Vermivora virginiaeOrder: PASSERIFORMESFamily: Wood Warblers (Parulidae)

Breeding Location:

Mountains, Scrub vegetation areas

Breeding Type:

Monogamous, Solitary nester

Breeding Population:

Egg Color:

White with brown flecks

Number of Eggs:

3 - 5

Incubation Days:

11 - 12

Egg Incubator:

Both sexes

Nest Material:

Bark pieces, grasses, moss, lichens, and stems.

Migration:

Migratory

Overview

Virginia's Warbler: Small warbler, gray upperparts, yellow rump. Throat is white with yellow patch, breast and undertail are yellow, sides and belly are white with a gray wash. Head has rufous crown patch, bold white eye-rings. Named for the wife of the army surgeon who discovered it in New Mexico.

Range and Habitat

Virginia's Warbler: Breeds from southeastern California, southern Idaho, and northern Colorado south to Arizona, New Mexico, and western Texas. Spends winters south of the U.S.-Mexico border. Preferred habitats include scrub oak and other chaparral, pinyon-juniper brushlands, and pine and oak woodlands.

Breeding and Nesting

Virginia's Warbler: Three to five brown flecked, white eggs are laid in a loosely built cup nest on the ground. Incubation ranges from 11 to 12 days and is carried out by both parents.

Foraging and Feeding

Virginia's Warbler: Diet consists mostly of insects. Forages on the ground, in foliage, or catches insects in mid-air.

Readily Eats

Sugar Water, Fruit, Nut Pieces

Vocalization

Virginia’s Warbler: Two part song with slurred notes. Call is "chink."

Similar Species

Virginia's Warbler: Lucy's Warbler lacks white eye-ring, yellow rump, and undertail coverts. Nashville Warbler has more yellow on underparts and more olive on upperparts. Colima Warbler is larger and darker, and its range is restricted to a small area in Texas.

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Virginia's Warbler

● Song: "chee-wee, chee-wee, chee-wee, cheeah, cheeah, chee", "chink"

● Foraging & Feeding: Virginia's Warbler: Diet consists mostly of insects. Forages on the ground, in foliage, or catches insects in mid-air.

● Breeding & nesting: Virginia's Warbler: Three to five brown flecked, white eggs are laid in a loosely built cup nest on the ground. Incubation ranges from 11 to 12 days and is carried out by both parents.

● Similar species: Virginia's Warbler: Lucy's Warbler lacks white eye-ring, yellow rump, and undertail coverts. Nashville Warbler has more yellow on underparts and more olive on upperparts. Colima Warbler is larger and darker, and its range is restricted to a small area in Texas.

Flight Pattern

Weak flight on rapidly beating wings.

● Range & Habitat: Virginia's Warbler: Breeds from southeastern California, southern Idaho, and northern Colorado south to Arizona, New Mexico, and western Texas. Spends winters south of the U.S.-Mexico border. Preferred habitats include scrub oak and other chaparral, pinyon-juniper brushlands, and pine and oak woodlands.

^BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester

^Population

^MigrationMigratory

^Weight0.3 Ounces

Field Guide to Birds of North America