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Golden-winged Warbler

Vermivora chrysopteraOrder: PASSERIFORMESFamily: Wood Warblers (Parulidae)
Golden-winged Warbler Head Illustration

Head

  • Bill Shape: All-purpose
  • Eye Color: Dark, brown-gray to brown-yellow.
  • Head Pattern: Eyeline, Plain, Special (unique patterns or features), Malar or malar stripe
  • Crown Color: Yellow
  • Forehead Color: Yellow
  • Nape Color: Gray
  • Throat Color: Black
  • Cere color: No Data
Golden-winged Warbler Body Illustration

Body

  • Length Range: 12-13 cm (4.75-5 in)
  • Weight: 9 g (0.3 oz)
  • Size: Size 2. Small (5 - 9 in)
  • Color: White, Black, Gray, Yellow
  • Underparts: White with gray on flanks.
  • Upperparts: Gray
  • Back Pattern: Solid
  • Belly Pattern: Solid
  • Breast Pattern: Solid

Flight

  • Flight Pattern: Weak flight on rapidly beating wings.
  • Wingspan Range: 20-21 cm (7.75-8.25 in)
  • Wing Shape: Rounded-Wings
  • Tail Shape: Fan-shaped Tail
  • Tail Pattern: Solid
  • Upper Tail: Black
  • Under Tail: Black
  • Leg Color: Black
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Family Wood Warbler (Parulidae)_blue
Species Vermivora chrysoptera
Length4.75 - 5 Inches
Wingspan8 Inches

Golden-winged Warbler

Golden-winged Warbler: Small warbler with gray upperparts and white underparts. Face is white with black mask and throat, and head has a yellow crown. Wings are gray with large yellow patches. Its flight is weak and fluttering, alternates rapid wing beats with periods of wings drawn to its sides.

● Song: "beee-bzz-bzz-bzz"

● Foraging & Feeding: Golden-winged Warbler: Feeds on insects, especially caterpillars and pupae. Gleans leaves and twigs, concentrating on dead leaf clusters; acrobatic forager, often hanging upside-down like a chickadee.

● Breeding & nesting: Golden-winged Warbler: Four to seven creamy white eggs with brown splotches and spots are laid in a cup of dead leaves and fibers set on or near the ground in thick vegetation. Eggs are incubated for approximately 10 days by the female.

● Similar species: Golden-winged Warbler: None in range.

Flight Pattern

Weak flight on rapidly beating wings.
Golden-winged Warbler Body Illustration
● Range & Habitat: Golden-winged Warbler: Breeds from southern Manitoba and New Hampshire south to New Jersey and Iowa, and in the mountains to Georgia. Spends winters from southern Mexico to northern South America. Preferred habitats include abandoned fields and pastures grown to saplings.
BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester
PopulationUncommon to rare, Declining
MigrationMigratory
Weight0.3 Ounces