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Palm Warbler

Dendroica palmarumOrder: PASSERIFORMESFamily: Wood Warblers (Parulidae)

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General

Palm Warbler: Medium-sized warbler with olive-brown upperparts and yellow underparts streaked with brown. Cap is chestnut-brown. Western form is grayer overall and has white belly. Sexes are similar. Winter adult is duller and has less yellow. Constantly wags tail.

Range and Habitat

Palm Warbler: Breeds from west-central Canada east to Labrador and Newfoundland, and south to extreme northern U.S. Spends winters in the southeastern U.S. and southward. Preferred habitats include bogs, marsh edges, and weedy fields.

Listen to Call

Voice Text

"zwee-zwee-zwee-zwee-zwee-zwee"

Interesting Facts

  • The Palm Warbler can be most easily recognized by the tail-wagging habit that shows off its yellow undertail.
  • They forage on the ground much more than other warblers, sometimes flying to catch insects.
  • This is one of only three Dendroica warblers (Kirtland's and Prairie are the others) to incessantly bob its tail.
  • A group of palm warblers are collectively known as a "reading" of warblers.


Author

Gary Owen Dick

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Family
Species Dendroica palmarum
Length5.25 Inches
Wingspan8.5 Inches

Palm Warbler

Palm Warbler: Medium warbler with olive-brown upperparts and yellow underparts streaked with brown. Cap is chestnut-brown. Western form is grayer overall and has white belly. It pumps its tail up and down more than any other warbler. Despite its name, it lives further north then most other warblers.

● Song: "zwee-zwee-zwee-zwee-zwee-zwee"

● Foraging & Feeding: Palm Warbler: Eats mostly insects during summer; feeds on seeds, berries, insects, and nectar in winter; forages on the ground and in shrubs and trees.

● Breeding & nesting: Palm Warbler: Four or five brown marked, white to cream eggs are laid in a grass nest made from shreds of bark and lined with feathers and rootlets. Nest is built on the ground in a grass clump, often at the base of a small tree or bush. Eggs are incubated for approximately 12 days by both parents.

● Similar species: Palm Warbler: Prairie Warbler has brighter yellow underparts and lacks streaks on breast.

Flight Pattern

Weak flight on rapidly beating wings.
Palm Warbler Body Illustration
● Range & Habitat: Palm Warbler: Breeds from west-central Canada east to Labrador and Newfoundland, and south to extreme northern U.S. Spends winters in the southeastern U.S. and southward. Preferred habitats include bogs, marsh edges, and weedy fields.
BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester
PopulationFairly common to common
MigrationMigratory
Weight0.4 Ounces