Yellow Warbler

Dendroica aestiva Dendroica aurocapilla Ridgway, 1887

The Yellow Warbler is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

yellow warbler is the brightest and most extensively yellow one of all. This bird also has the widest range of any North American warbler, which brings its brilliant color to millions of birders every year. More

Yellow Warblers south of U.S. borders, mangroves are a dominant feature of their habitat. The Yellow Warbler is the most strikingly yellow of North American wood-warblers. Yellow Warblers also have variable amounts of chestnut streaking on the breast, and southern forms have variable amounts of chestnut on the head. The streaking is usually more prominent in adult males and less so in females and immatures. More

The Yellow Warbler is sometimes colloquially called yellowbird. Contents - * 1 Description and taxonomy * 1.1 Vocalizations * 2 Ecology * 2.1 Breeding * 2. More

The yellow warbler, as a species, is also the most widely distributed member of its family. Its breeding range extends from the Atlantic to the Pacific in both Canada and the United States (110 degrees of longitude), and from the Barren Grounds in northern Canada to Mexico and the Gulf States (40 degrees of latitude). Its winter range covers 54 degrees of longitude and 31 degrees of latitude in Central and South America. More

the earliest to arrive, the Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia), is so brightly colored it has been referred to as "a bit of feathered sunshine."1 What better way to describe this all yellow little bird which cavorts in and around our streamside habitats throughout the Sierra. Actually, there are 8 species of warblers that inhabit the Sierra. In order not to compete with each other for food each warbler specie tends to gather its food from different sources and habitats. More

The Yellow Warbler has a large range reaching up to generally 330,000 square kilometers. More

Good sites for seeing Yellow Warblers in San Diego County (April-August): * U.S. Forest Service's San Luis Rey Day Use Area along Highway 76 (G16) * Kit Carson Park, Escondido (J11/K11) * San Diego River, Mission Trails Regional Park (P11) * Mast Park, Santee (P12) * Sweetwater River at Highway 94 (R13) * Tijuana River Valley Regional Park (V11/W10/W11). More

Although many warblers are yellow, the Yellow Warbler is the most extensively yellow of any species. This widespread species of willows and mangroves is the only warbler with yellow tail spots. More

In some areas Yellow Warblers have learned to scavenge for food from visitors and have become very tame. Photo Jeff Wells North American birders who are fortunate to have Yellow Warblers breeding in the backyard may be surprised to see that the males of the resident race on Aruba have a bright red cap. Other than that, they look and sound quite similar. Yellow Warblers are common around Bubali Bird Sanctuary, in Arikok National Park, and on many other parts of the island. More

Yellow Warblers & Short Breeding Season - Unlike other warblers that spend three months on their northern breeding grounds, the Yellow Warbler chooses to spend a quick seven weeks. Just enough time to breed and then it quickly heads back to its tropical winter home. Yellow Warblers Parasitized By Cowbirds - The Yellow Warbler, as with most warblers, is parasitized by the Brown-headed Cowbird. More

The yellow warbler is 4 1/2 - 5 inches in length, with a sharp, fine bill. Its body is all yellow, with yellow-green wings, yellow wing bars, and yellow tail patches. The male has bright chestnut-red streaks on its breast. Its black eye is outlined by a thin yellow eye ring. Plumage varies somewhat by region, with Alaskan birds being grayer, and the Sonoran subspecies paler, than the eastern standard. More

Throughout their range, Yellow Warblers use a variety of brushy habitats on forest edges. In Washington, their breeding habitat is restricted to hardwood thickets near water, especially those with willow, alder, and cottonwood. They use similar habitat during migration, but can be found in more varied habitats also. In winter, they can be found in semi-open tropical habitats and are often associated with mangroves. More

Yellow Warbler (Aestiva group), consists of migratory populations found breeding across North America. Overall, 43 subspecies of Yellow Warblers are currently recognized. Yellow Warblers are insectivores and use a variety of feeding methods such as gleaning, sallying, and hovering to capture prey. Males and females forage at different canopy heights, with males foraging higher in the canopy than females. Very little information is known about their feeding habitats in the non-breeding season. More

The Yellow Warbler is easily recognized because it is an all yellow bird. The males have red streaks on the chest where females lack this trait. Males are usually brighter especially during breeding season. They are an average size of 10 to 18cm and weigh 9-11 grams. photo Ivan Andrijevic Habitat/Diet The Yellow Warbler prefers bushes, swamp edges, streams and gardens with a high number of insects. More

The Yellow Warbler, Dendroica petechia, is a New World warbler. It is the most widespread Dendroica warbler, breeding in almost the whole of North America and down to northern South America. The Yellow Warbler proper (aestiva group) breeds in the whole of North America as far south as central Mexico in open, often wet, woodland or shrub. It is migratory, wintering in Central and South America. This form is a very rare vagrant to western Europe. It is 11. More

Yellow Warbler is easy to recognize. She is yellower than other warblers, with her yellow gold plumage, and reddish streaks on breast. Male and female are similar, but female may have not streaks on underparts, or very few. Upperparts are yellow gold tinged with olive green. Underparts are yellow. Wings are darker, with yellowish fringes and tips, from median feathers to great coverts, forming narrow inconspicuous wing bars. The bill is slender and pointed. More

The male Yellow warbler has golden yellow plumage with rusty streaks on the breast and flanks. The wings and tail may have a slight greenish tint. The females have plain yellow plumage with breast streaks which are barely noticible or absent altogether. The bill is thin and pointed and the legs are yellowish. More

Yellow Warblers have an extraordinarily broad distribution for a warbler species and show great geographical variation. More than 40 recognized subspecies form three general groups that range from the northern limits of shrubby habitat in Canada to northern South America. The familiar northern Yellow Warbler (the aestiva group of subspecies) breeds from Alaska to Newfoundland and southern Labrador south to western South Carolina and northern Georgia, and west sporadically through the Southwest to the Pacific Coast. More

Yellow Warbler"In his plumes dwells the gold of the sun, in his voice its brightness and good cheer. We have not to seek him in the depths of the forest, the haunt of nearly all his congeners, he comes to us and makes his home near ours." - Arthur Cleveland Bent, quoting a Dr. Chapman. Identification These little warblers (4 3/4 inches (12 cm.)) are yellow underneath and green to yellow-green above. More

Yellow warbler is a migratory bird. Visit WWW.STOCKSHOT.NL for highres version or broadcast video footage. More