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Bachman's Warbler

Vermivora bachmaniiOrder: PASSERIFORMESFamily: Wood Warblers (Parulidae)
Bachman's Warbler Breeding Male Head Illustration

Head

  • Bill Shape: All-purpose
  • Eye Color: Brown to brown-black.
  • Head Pattern: Plain
  • Crown Color: Black
  • Forehead Color: Yellow
  • Nape Color: Gray
  • Throat Color: Yellow
  • Cere color: No Data
Bachman's Warbler Breeding Male Body Illustration

Body

  • Length Range: 11-12 cm (4.25-4.75 in)
  • Weight: 14 g (0.5 oz)
  • Size: Size 1. Very Small (3 - 5 in)
  • Color: Gray, Yellow, Olive
  • Underparts: Yellow with black breast and white tail coverts.
  • Upperparts: Olive-green
  • Back Pattern: Solid
  • Belly Pattern: Solid
  • Breast Pattern: Solid
Bachman's Warbler Breeding Male Flight Illustration

Flight

  • Flight Pattern: Short weak fluttering flights with rapid shallow wing beats.
  • Wingspan Range: 17-19 cm (6.75-7.5 in)
  • Wing Shape: Pointed-Wings
  • Tail Shape: Fan-shaped Tail
  • Tail Pattern: Solid
  • Upper Tail: Olive with white patches.
  • Under Tail: Olive with white patches.
  • Leg Color: Pink
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Family Wood Warbler (Parulidae)_blue
Species Vermivora bachmanii
Length4.25 - 4.75 Inches
Wingspan7.125 Inches

Bachman's Warbler

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.

● 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