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Hooded Warbler

Wilsonia citrinaOrder: PASSERIFORMESFamily: Wood Warblers (Parulidae)
Hooded Warbler Head Illustration

Head

  • Bill Shape: All-purpose
  • Eye Color: Dark brown.
  • Head Pattern: Plain, Special (unique patterns or features)
  • Crown Color: Black
  • Forehead Color: Yellow
  • Nape Color: Black
  • Throat Color: Black
  • Cere color: No Data
Hooded Warbler Body Illustration

Body

  • Length Range: 13 cm (5.25 in)
  • Weight: 11 g (0.4 oz)
  • Size: Size 2. Small (5 - 9 in)
  • Color: Black, Yellow, Olive
  • Underparts: Yellow
  • Upperparts: Olive-green
  • Back Pattern: Solid
  • Belly Pattern: Solid
  • Breast Pattern: Solid
Hooded Warbler Flight Illustration

Flight

  • Flight Pattern: Swift direct flight of short duration on rapidly beating wings.
  • Wingspan Range: 20 cm (8 in)
  • Wing Shape: Rounded-Wings
  • Tail Shape: Fan-shaped Tail
  • Tail Pattern: Solid
  • Upper Tail: Olive-green with white on outer feathers.
  • Under Tail: Olive-green with white on outer feathers.
  • Leg Color: Pink
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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