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Connecticut Warbler

Oporornis agilisOrder: PASSERIFORMESFamily: Wood Warblers (Parulidae)
Connecticut Warbler Head Illustration

Head

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

Body

  • Length Range: 14 cm (5.5 in)
  • Weight: 14 g (0.5 oz)
  • Size: Size 2. Small (5 - 9 in)
  • Color: Blue, White, Gray, Yellow, Olive
  • Underparts: Yellow
  • Upperparts: Olive-green
  • Back Pattern: Solid
  • Belly Pattern: Solid
  • Breast Pattern: Solid

Flight

  • Flight Pattern: Swift darting direct flight.
  • Wingspan Range: 22 cm (8.75 in)
  • Wing Shape: Rounded-Wings
  • Tail Shape: Fan-shaped Tail
  • Tail Pattern: Solid
  • Upper Tail: Olive-green
  • Under Tail: Olive-green
  • Leg Color: Pink
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Family Wood Warbler (Parulidae)_blue
Species Oporornis agilis
Length5.5 Inches
Wingspan8.75 Inches

Connecticut Warbler

Connecticut Warbler: Large ground-walking warbler, olive-gray upperparts, dull yellow underparts. Head has a slate-gray hood and bold white eye-ring. Legs are bright pink-red. It was named for the state where it was first discovered, where it is an uncommon migrant. Sometimes called Swamp Warbler.

● Song: " whipity-whipity-whipity", "beecher, beecher, beecher", "chippy-chipper-chippy-chipper"

● Foraging & Feeding: Connecticut Warbler: Feeds on insects, spiders, snails, berries, and seeds.

● Breeding & nesting: Connecticut Warbler: Three to five white eggs, marked with brown, lavender, and black, are laid in a nest made of grass and concealed in a clump of moss. Incubation ranges from 11 to 12 days and is carried out by the female.

● Similar species: Connecticut Warbler: Female Mourning, MacGillivray's, and Nashville warblers are not as brown. Female Common Yellowthroat has pale gray belly.

Flight Pattern

Swift darting direct flight.
Connecticut Warbler Body Illustration
● Range & Habitat: Connecticut Warbler: Breeds from eastern British Columbia east through central Canada to western Quebec, and south to northern Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan. Spends winters in the tropics. Preferred habitats include open larch-spruce bogs. Found in low wet woods and damp thickets during migration.
BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester
PopulationYes but uncommon
MigrationMigratory
Weight0.5 Ounces