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Pine Warbler

Dendroica pinusOrder: PASSERIFORMESFamily: Wood Warblers (Parulidae)

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General

Pine Warbler: Medium-sized warbler with plain olive-gray upperparts, yellow throat and breast, blurry-streaked sides, and white belly and undertail coverts. Wings are gray with two white bars. Female and juvenile are duller.

Range and Habitat

Pine Warbler: Breeds from southeastern Manitoba, southern Ontario, and Maine south to eastern Texas, the Gulf Coast, and Florida. Spends winters in the southern states, occasionally north to New England. Prefers pine forests.

Listen to Call

Voice Text

"tsup"

Interesting Facts

 The Pine Warbler is rarely found in deciduous vegetation except during migration.

 They prefer to nest in pine trees, hence their names.

 The scientific name for this species describes its habitat: dendron (a tree); oicos (inhabitants); and pinus (a pine tree).

 A group of pine warblers are collectively known as a "cone" of warblers.



Author

Gary Owen Dick

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Family Wood Warbler (Parulidae)_blue
Species Dendroica pinus
Length5.25 Inches
Wingspan8.5 Inches

Pine Warbler

Pine Warbler: Medium warbler with plain olive-gray upperparts, yellow throat and breast, blurry-streaked sides, and white belly and undertail coverts. Wings are gray with two white bars. It is the only warbler that eats large quantities of seeds, usually pine. One of the earliest breeding warblers.

● Song: "tsup"

● Foraging & Feeding: Pine Warbler: Diet consists of insects, fruits, and seeds; forages in trees and shrubs.

● Breeding & nesting: Pine Warbler: Three to five white eggs with brown flecks at large end are laid in a compact, well-concealed nest built among pine needles near the tip of a horizontal branch, usually higher than 20 feet. Eggs are incubated for about 10 days by both parents.

● Similar species: Pine Warbler: Yellow-throated Vireo has spectacles and a thicker bill. Blackburnian Warbler has white streaks on back and a broader stripe behind eye. Blackpoll Warbler has streaks on back and has pale yellow underparts and yellow legs and feet. Bay-breasted Warbler has brown crown and streaked back. Cape May Warbler has more heavily streaked breast and pale mark on side of neck.

Flight Pattern

Weak flight on rapidly beating wings.
Pine Warbler Body Illustration
● Range & Habitat: Pine Warbler: Breeds from southeastern Manitoba, southern Ontario, and Maine south to eastern Texas, the Gulf Coast, and Florida. Spends winters in the southern states, occasionally north to New England. Prefers pine forests.
BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester
PopulationFairly common to common
MigrationNorthern birds migrate
Weight0.4 Ounces