Bird Guide

Cerulean Warbler vs Grace's Warbler

Cerulean Warbler (Setophaga cerulea)

Cerulean Warbler

Setophaga cerulea

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The cerulean warbler is one of the smallest Setophaga wood-warblers, about 11 cm (4.3 in) long, weighing 8–10 g (0.28–0.35 oz), and having a wingspan of 20 cm (7.9 in). Males are slightly larger than females, and older males tend to also be larger. Wing chord measures 62–66 mm (2.4–2.6 in), while the tail is 40.6–42.7 mm (1.60–1.68 in) long. The culmen, or upper edge of the beak, measures 9.5–9.8 mm (0.37–0.39 in) long, 3.5 mm (0.14 in) wide and 3.5 mm (0.14 in) height. The cerulean warbler is strongly sexually dichromatic.

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Sonogram of the Cerulean Warbler
Recorded by Manuel cabrera · Song · Pacto Sumaco, Napo, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0
Photo: (c) Matt Schenck, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Matt Schenck · cc-by
Grace's Warbler (Setophaga graciae)

Grace's Warbler

Setophaga graciae

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Grace's warbler is a small bird, 11–13 cm long. It is mostly gray on top, with broken black streaks across the back and flanks and two white bars on the wings. The throat and breast are a vibrant yellow, and the rest of the underparts are white. It has a yellow half-eye ring under the eye and a long yellow "eyebrow" stripe that starts at the base of the beak and runs above the eye, fading to white after it passes the eye.

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Sonogram of the Grace's Warbler
Recorded by Ana Rebeca Martinez Martinez · Song · Santa María Coatlán, San Pablo Coatlán, Oaxaca, Mexico · CC0
Photo: Daniel S. Katz · CC BY 4.0

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