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Hermit Warbler

Dendroica occidentalisOrder: PASSERIFORMESFamily: Wood Warblers (Parulidae)
Hermit Warbler Head Illustration

Head

  • Bill Shape: All-purpose
  • Eye Color: Dark brown.
  • Head Pattern: Plain, Spotted
  • Crown Color: Yellow
  • Forehead Color: Yellow
  • Nape Color: Black nape with markings extending onto crown.
  • Throat Color: Black
  • Cere color: No Data
Hermit Warbler Body Illustration

Body

  • Length Range: 13 cm (5 in)
  • Weight: 9 g (0.3 oz)
  • Size: Size 2. Small (5 - 9 in)
  • Color: White, Black, Gray, Yellow
  • Underparts: White with black streaking on flanks.
  • Upperparts: Dark gray with black streaking.
  • Back Pattern: Spotted or speckled
  • Belly Pattern: Solid
  • Breast Pattern: Solid
Hermit Warbler Flight Illustration

Flight

  • Flight Pattern: Swift short flight on rapidly beating wings.
  • Wingspan Range: 20 cm (7.75 in)
  • Wing Shape: Rounded-Wings
  • Tail Shape: Fan-shaped Tail
  • Tail Pattern: Banded
  • Upper Tail: Black with white outer feathers.
  • Under Tail: Black and white.
  • Leg Color: Black
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Family Wood Warbler (Parulidae)_blue
Species Dendroica occidentalis
Length5 Inches
Wingspan7.75 Inches

Hermit Warbler

Hermit Warbler: Small warbler, gray upperparts, white underparts, black-streaked flanks. Head is yellow with black throat and nape. Wings are gray with two white bars. Bill, legs and feet are black. They spend most of their time in the tops of tall fir and pine trees, making them difficult to see.

● Song: "seadle, seadle, seadle, zeet-zeet"

● Foraging & Feeding: Hermit Warbler: Eats mostly insects. Spends most of the time foraging high in trees; male tends to forage higher than female.

● Breeding & nesting: Hermit Warbler: Three to five white eggs, blotched with red, brown and lavender, are laid in a neat shallow cup nest made of rootlets, bark, and pine needles, and saddled on a conifer branch, usually 20 to 40 feet above the ground. Eggs are incubated for approximately 12 days by both parents.

● Similar species: Hermit Warbler: Townsend's Warbler has dark ear patches, yellow face, and black streaks on the breast.

Flight Pattern

Swift short flight on rapidly beating wings.
Hermit Warbler Body Illustration
● Range & Habitat: Hermit Warbler: Breeds from Washington to northern California and Sierra Nevada. Spends winters south of the U.S.-Mexico border. Preferred habitats include mature coniferous forests.
BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester
PopulationFairly common
MigrationMigratory
Weight0.3 Ounces