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Virginia's Warbler

Vermivora virginiaeOrder: PASSERIFORMESFamily: Wood Warblers (Parulidae)
Virginia Warbler Head Illustration

Head

  • Bill Shape: All-purpose
  • Eye Color: Dark brown.
  • Head Pattern: Plain, Eyering (complete or broken)
  • Crown Color: Gray
  • Forehead Color: Gray
  • Nape Color: Gray
  • Throat Color: White
  • Cere color: No Data
Virginia Warbler Body Illustration

Body

  • Length Range: 11-12 cm (4.5-4.75 in)
  • Weight: 9 g (0.3 oz)
  • Size: Size 1. Very Small (3 - 5 in)
  • Color: Gray, Yellow, Rufous or Rust, Buff
  • Underparts: White with yellow breast patch and undertail coverts.
  • Upperparts: Gray with yellow rump.
  • Back Pattern: Solid
  • Belly Pattern: Solid
  • Breast Pattern: Solid

Flight

  • Flight Pattern: Weak flight on rapidly beating wings.
  • Wingspan Range: 18-20 cm (7.25-7.75 in)
  • Wing Shape: Rounded-Wings
  • Tail Shape: Fan-shaped Tail
  • Tail Pattern: Solid
  • Upper Tail: Gray
  • Under Tail: Gray
  • Leg Color: Black
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Family Wood Warbler (Parulidae)_blue
Species Vermivora virginiae
Length4.5 - 4.75 Inches
Wingspan7.5 Inches

Virginia's Warbler

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.

● 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.
Virginia Warbler Body Illustration
● 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