Flame-throated Warbler (Oreothlypis gutturalis) | Photos and ID

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Flame-throated Warbler (Oreothlypis gutturalis), photo 1 — Photo: Anthony Batista · CC BY 4.0

Flame-throated Warbler (Oreothlypis gutturalis), photo 2 — Photo: James Adney · CC0

Flame-throated Warbler (Oreothlypis gutturalis), photo 3 — Photo: James Adney · CC0

Flame-throated Warbler (Oreothlypis gutturalis), photo 4 — Photo: Anthony Mora Aguilar · CC BY 4.0

Flame-throated Warbler (Oreothlypis gutturalis), photo 5 — Photo: Chloe Lynn · CC BY 4.0

Flame-throated Warbler (Oreothlypis gutturalis), photo 6 — Photo: Chloe Lynn · CC BY 4.0

Flame-throated Warbler (Oreothlypis gutturalis), photo 7 — Photo: Anthony Mora Aguilar · CC BY 4.0

Flame-throated Warbler (Oreothlypis gutturalis), photo 10 — Photo: James Adney · CC0

ID tip

The adult flame-throated warbler is 12 cm (4.7 in) long and weighs 10 g (0.35 oz). It has slate grey upper parts, with black on the back, lores, and around the eye. It has a vermilion throat and breast which contrast with the whitish belly. The sexes are almost identical, but the black mask is more extensive in the male. The young bird is browner above, duller below, and has a weak buff eyestripe and wing bars. The call of this warbler is a sharp chit. The song is a buzzing pi pipipipi shwaaaa.

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When to see the Flame-throated Warbler

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Flame-throated Warbler

Regular range

The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Costa Rica Panama

About the Flame-throated Warbler

The flame-throated warbler is a small New World warbler. It is sometimes placed in the genera Vermivora and Parula.

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Easily confused with

Crescent-chested WarblerOreothlypis superciliosaThe crescent-chested warbler is a small, New World warbler that is found throughout North and Central America from Texas to Nicaragua.

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