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Prairie Warbler

Dendroica discolorOrder: PASSERIFORMESFamily: Wood Warblers (Parulidae)
Prairie Warbler Head Illustration

Head

  • Bill Shape: All-purpose
  • Eye Color: Brown.
  • Head Pattern: Eyeline, Plain, Special (unique patterns or features)
  • Crown Color: Olive-green
  • Forehead Color: Olive-green
  • Nape Color: Olive-green
  • Throat Color: Yellow
  • Cere color: No Data
Prairie Warbler Body Illustration

Body

  • Length Range: 12 cm (4.75 in)
  • Weight: 9 g (0.3 oz)
  • Size: Size 1. Very Small (3 - 5 in)
  • Color: Black, Yellow, Olive
  • Underparts: Yellow with black streaking on sides.
  • Upperparts: Olive-green with red-brown streaks.
  • Back Pattern: Solid
  • Belly Pattern: Solid
  • Breast Pattern: Solid

Flight

  • Flight Pattern: Fairly fast flight with rapidly beating wings.
  • Wingspan Range: 19 cm (7.5 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 Dendroica discolor
Length4.75 Inches
Wingspan7.5 Inches

Prairie Warbler

Prairie Warbler: Small warbler, brown-streaked, olive-green upperparts with reddish-brown streaking, bright yellow underparts with black streaks on sides. Head has a yellow-green cap, yellow face, and dark eye, cheek stripes. Found in pine stands, mangroves and overgrown fields rather than prairies.

● Song: "zzee-zzee-zzee-zzee-zzee-zzee"

● Foraging & Feeding: Prairie Warbler: Eats mostly insects; forages by gleaning foliage, catching insects in mid-air, hovering, clinging to vertical stems, hanging upside down, and feeding on the ground.

● Breeding & nesting: Prairie Warbler: Four to five white eggs, with brown spots at large end, are laid in a nest made of grass and leaves, lined with hair and feathers, and usually set low in a bush or small tree. Incubation ranges from 11 to 14 days and is carried out by the female.

● Similar species: Prairie Warbler: Palm Warbler is paler below with heavier streaks on breast.

Flight Pattern

Fairly fast flight with rapidly beating wings.
Prairie Warbler Body Illustration
● Range & Habitat: Prairie Warbler: Breeds from eastern Nebraska, central Wisconsin, southern Ontario, and central New England south to Oklahoma, the Gulf Coast, and Florida; local in many areas. Spends winters in southern Florida and in the tropics. Preferred habitats include mixed pine-oak barrens, old pastures, hillsides scattered with red cedars, open scrub, and mangrove swamps; not often found in prairies.
BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester, Some polygamous
PopulationDeclining
MigrationMigratory
Weight0.3 Ounces