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Hooded Warbler

Wilsonia citrinaOrder: PASSERIFORMESFamily: Wood Warblers (Parulidae)

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General

Hooded Warbler: Medium-sized warbler with olive-green upperparts and bright yellow underparts. Head has black hood with contrasting yellow face. Tail is often spread, displaying large white spots. Female and juvenile are duller and lack black hoods.

Range and Habitat

Hooded Warbler: Breeds from Iowa, Michigan, and southern New England south to the Gulf coast and northern Florida. Spends winters in the tropics. Preferred habitats include mature, moist forests with luxuriant undergrowth and wooded swamps.

Listen to Call

Voice Text

"tawee-tawee-tawee-tee-o"

Interesting Facts

 The Hooded Warbler is strongly territorial on its wintering grounds. Males and females use different habitats: males in mature forest, and females in scrubbier forest and seasonally flooded areas.

 This winter habitat segregation was first detected with this species and is now known to occur in other neotropical migrants such as American Redstart, Northern Parula, and Black-throated Blue Warbler.

 Part of its scientific name, citrina, refers to its dazzling yellow color.

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



Author

Gary Owen Dick

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Family Wood Warbler (Parulidae)_blue
Species Wilsonia citrina
Length5.25 Inches
Wingspan8 Inches

Hooded Warbler

Hooded Warbler: Medium warbler, olive-green upperparts, bright yellow underparts. Head has black hood, and yellow face. The eyes are large and dark and the tail is often spread, displaying large white spots. Bill is black, legs and feet are pink. Makes short, direct flights on rapidly beating wings.

● Song: "tawee-tawee-tawee-tee-o"

● Foraging & Feeding: Hooded Warbler: Diet consists of insects and other small arthropods.

● Breeding & nesting: Hooded Warbler: Three to five cream eggs with brown spots and blotches, are laid in a grass-lined nest made of dead leaves and plant fibers, and built low in a small tree or shrub. Eggs are incubated for 12 days by both parents.

● Similar species: Hooded Warbler: None in range. Female Wilson's Warbler is smaller and lacks white in tail.

Flight Pattern

Swift direct flight of short duration on rapidly beating wings.
Hooded Warbler Body Illustration
● Range & Habitat: Hooded Warbler: Breeds from Iowa, Michigan, and southern New England south to the Gulf coast and northern Florida. Spends winters in the tropics. Preferred habitats include mature, moist forests with luxuriant undergrowth and wooded swamps.
BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester
PopulationFairly common
MigrationMigratory
Weight0.4 Ounces