Connecticut Warbler (Oporornis agilis) | Photos, Calls and ID

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Connecticut Warbler (Oporornis agilis), photo 1 — Photo: ian bullock · CC BY 4.0

Connecticut Warbler (Oporornis agilis), photo 2 — Photo: Hunter Hammil · CC BY 4.0

Connecticut Warbler (Oporornis agilis), photo 3 — Photo: Hunter Hammil · CC BY 4.0

Connecticut Warbler (Oporornis agilis), photo 4 — Photo: Quinten Wiegersma · CC BY 4.0

What the Connecticut Warbler sounds like

Sonogram of the Connecticut Warbler: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.

Recorded by Peter Wilton · Call · Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States · CC BY-SA 3.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

These medium-sized warblers measure 13–15 cm (5.1–5.9 in) in length, with a 22–23 cm (8.7–9.1 in) wingspan. Connecticut warblers weigh 10 g (0.35 oz) when they fledge, attaining an average weight of around 15 g (0.53 oz) as adults. However, birds preparing for migration pack on more weight to survive the strenuous journey and can weigh up to 25 g (0.88 oz). This species has light yellow underparts and olive upperparts; they have a light eye-ring, pink legs, a long tail, and a thin pointed bill. Males have a grey hood; females and immatures are more brown and have a whitish throat. Voice: The song of this bird is a loud repeated cheepa-cheepa. It's "similar in pitch to the Kentucky warbler and the Ovenbird". The call is a nasal pitch, it sounds like a raspy "witch". Like many songbirds, its song is heard during the breeding season but rarely during the fall.

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When to see the Connecticut Warbler

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 4 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is May, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Connecticut Warbler

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 13 countries with regular records, and 9 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

United States Canada Colombia Bermuda Puerto Rico Venezuela Aruba Bolivia Caribbean Netherlands Guadeloupe Curaçao Bahamas Cayman Islands

Recorded as a rare visitor in Costa Rica, Peru, Panama, Mexico, Cuba, St. Martin, French Guiana, Nicaragua, St. Barthélemy.

About the Connecticut Warbler

The Connecticut warbler is a small songbird of the New World warbler family.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Spectacled WhitestartMyioborus melanocephalusThe spectacled whitestart generally weighs between 10 and 13 grams, and is between 13 and 13.5 centimetres (5.1 and 5.3 in) long.

Golden-fronted WhitestartMyioborus ornatusThe golden-fronted whitestart or the golden-fronted redstart, is a species of bird in the family Parulidae.

Black-crested WarblerMyiothlypis nigrocristataThe black-crested warbler is about 13.5 cm (5.3 in) long and weighs about 11 to 20 g (0.39 to 0.71 oz).

Side by side: Connecticut Warbler vs Spectacled Whitestart · Black-crested Warbler vs Connecticut Warbler

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