Bachman's Warbler

Vermivora bachmaniiOrder: PASSERIFORMESFamily: Wood Warblers (Parulidae)

Breeding Location:

Forests

Breeding Type:

Monogamous, Solitary nester

Breeding Population:

Probably extinct

Egg Color:

White

Number of Eggs:

3 - 5

Incubation Days:

Egg Incubator:

Female

Nest Material:

Leaves, grass, moss, and other plant material., Lined with finer material and Spanish Moss.

Migration:

Migratory

Overview

Bachman's Warbler: Small warbler, olive-green upperparts, yellow forehead, throat, underparts, faint white eye-ring, black crown, bib. It was last seen in the United States in 1962, when it was recorded near Charlestown, South Carolina. In Cuba a wintering female was spotted in 1981.

Range and Habitat

Bachman's Warbler: Probably extinct; previously occurred in the southeastern U.S. during its breeding season; the only positive winter reports for this species were in Cuba and southern Florida. In the breeding season, the species favored seasonally flooded swamp forests, especially with cane thickets.

Breeding and Nesting

Bachman's Warbler: Three to five white eggs are laid in a nest made of leaves, grass, moss, and other plant material, lined with finer material and Spanish moss, and built from 1 to 4 feet above the ground in a bottomland forest, usually near water. Female incubates eggs for about 12 days.

Foraging and Feeding

Bachman's Warbler: Eats insects, mostly caterpillars, spiders, and other small invertebrates: Forages by searching among leaves and probing into leaf clusters.

Readily Eats

Sugar Water, Fruit, Nut Pieces

Vocalization

Bachman's Warbler: Song is a series of buzzing notes remaining on one pitch.

Similar Species

Bachman's Warbler: Sides of face, belly, and undertail coverts of the Hooded Warbler are yellow; also has large white patches on outer tail feathers.

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Bachman's Warbler

● Song: "trill, trill, trill, trill, trill, trill, trill,trill"

● Foraging & Feeding: Bachman's Warbler: Eats insects, mostly caterpillars, spiders, and other small invertebrates: Forages by searching among leaves and probing into leaf clusters.

● Breeding & nesting: Bachman's Warbler: Three to five white eggs are laid in a nest made of leaves, grass, moss, and other plant material, lined with finer material and Spanish moss, and built from 1 to 4 feet above the ground in a bottomland forest, usually near water. Female incubates eggs for about 12 days.

● Similar species: Bachman's Warbler: Sides of face, belly, and undertail coverts of the Hooded Warbler are yellow; also has large white patches on outer tail feathers.

Flight Pattern

Short weak fluttering flights with rapid shallow wing beats.

Bachman's Warbler Breeding Male Body Illustration

● Range & Habitat: Bachman's Warbler: Probably extinct; previously occurred in the southeastern U.S. during its breeding season; the only positive winter reports for this species were in Cuba and southern Florida. In the breeding season, the species favored seasonally flooded swamp forests, especially with cane thickets.

^BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester

^PopulationProbably extinct

^MigrationMigratory

^Weight0.5 Ounces

Field Guide to Birds of North America