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Mourning Warbler

Oporornis philadelphiaOrder: PASSERIFORMESFamily: Wood Warblers (Parulidae)
Mourning Warbler Head Illustration_2

Head

  • Bill Shape: All-purpose
  • Eye Color: Dark brown to brown-black.
  • Head Pattern: Plain
  • Crown Color: Gray
  • Forehead Color: Gray
  • Nape Color: Gray
  • Throat Color: Gray
  • Cere color: No Data
Mourning Warbler Body Illustration_2

Body

  • Length Range: 13 cm (5.25 in)
  • Weight: 14 g (0.5 oz)
  • Size: Size 2. Small (5 - 9 in)
  • Color: Black, Gray, Yellow, Olive
  • Underparts: Yellow
  • Upperparts: Olive-green
  • Back Pattern: Solid
  • Belly Pattern: Solid
  • Breast Pattern: Solid

Flight

  • Flight Pattern: Fairly swift direct flight for short distances.
  • Wingspan Range: 21 cm (8.25 in)
  • Wing Shape: Rounded-Wings
  • Tail Shape: Fan-shaped Tail
  • Tail Pattern: Solid
  • Upper Tail: Olive-green
  • Under Tail: Olive-green
  • Leg Color: Pink
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Family Wood Warbler (Parulidae)_blue
Species Oporornis philadelphia
Length5.25 Inches
Wingspan8.25 Inches

Mourning Warbler

Mourning Warbler: Medium-sized warbler with an olive-green back, wings, tail, and gray hood. The underparts are yellow and the upper breast is black. It's named for the way its dark breast and hood resemble a person in mourning. It is one of the latest spring migrants of all North American warblers.

● Song: "teedle-teedle", "turtle-turtle"

● Foraging & Feeding: Mourning Warbler: Eats insects and spiders; gleans food from foliage.

● Breeding & nesting: Mourning Warbler: Three to five brown-spotted, white to creamy white eggs are laid in a nest made of fibers and leaves, lined with grass and hair, and built on or near the ground. Eggs are incubated for 12 days by the female.

● Similar species: Mourning Warbler: Connecticut Warbler is larger, has longer bill and distinct buff to white eye-ring.

Flight Pattern

Fairly swift direct flight for short distances.
Mourning Warbler Body Illustration_2
● Range & Habitat: Mourning Warbler: Breeds from Alberta to Newfoundland and south to North Dakota and northern New England, and in mountains to Virginia. Spends winters in the tropics. Preferred habitats include dense thickets of blackberries and briars in forest clearings; also wet woodlands with thick undergrowth.
BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester
PopulationFairly common
MigrationMigratory
Weight0.5 Ounces