Overview

Canada Warbler: Small warbler with slate-gray upperparts, bright yellow underparts, black-streaked necklace, and white vent. The eye-ring is yellow to white. Bill is gray. Pink legs and feet. Skulks in low, dense undergrowth beneath mixed hardwoods. Direct flight with quick, fluttering wing beats.

Range and Habitat

Canada Warbler: Breeds from southern Canada to northern U.S. east of the Rockies, and in the mountains to northern Georgia. Spends winters in the tropics. Preferred habitats include cool, moist woodlands with abundant undergrowth.

Breeding and Nesting

Canada Warbler: Three to five white or buff eggs, marked with brown, purple, and gray, are laid in a nest made of dried leaves and grass built on or near the ground at the base of a stump or in a fern clump. Eggs are incubated for approximately 12 days by the female.

Foraging and Feeding

Canada Warbler: Diet consists primarily of flying insects, including mosquitoes, flies, moths, and beetles; also eats small, hairless caterpillars and spiders. Forages in shrubs and lower tree branches of both coniferous and deciduous trees, and occasionally on the ground; most frequently hops along branches, but will catch insects on the wing.

Readily Eats

Sugar Water, Fruit, Nut Pieces

Vocalization

Canada Warbler: Song is a rapid, sputtering warble.

Similar Species

Canada Warbler: Magnolia Warbler has black streaks that extend onto sides.