Golden-winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera) | Photos, Calls and ID

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ShrublandCup nestTiny · 9 g

Golden-winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera), photo 1 — Photo: Tommy Andriollo · CC BY 4.0

Golden-winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera), photo 2 — Photo: Tommy Andriollo · CC BY 4.0

Golden-winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera), photo 3 — Photo: Anthony Batista · CC BY 4.0

Golden-winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera), photo 4 — Photo: Andre Knocklein · CC BY 4.0

Golden-winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera), photo 5 — Photo: Andre Knocklein · CC BY 4.0

Golden-winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera), photo 6 — Photo: Theo Rickert · CC BY 4.0

Golden-winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera), photo 7 — Photo: Vicki Miller · CC0

Golden-winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera), photo 8 — Photo: Vicki Miller · CC0

What the Golden-winged Warbler sounds like

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

Recorded by Dugan Maynard · Song · Stone Mills (near Yarker), Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Canada · CC BY 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by steve · Song · Zionville, Watauga County, North Carolina, United States · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Jonathon Jongsma · Song · Forestville/Mystery Cave State Park, Fillmore County, Minnesota, United States · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The golden-winged warbler is a small songbird, typically measuring 11.6 cm (4.6 in) long, weighing 8–10 g (0.28–0.35 oz), and having a wingspan of about 20 cm. The male has a black throat and a black mask bordered in white. Females resemble males but have a light gray throat and mask. Both sexes display a yellow crown, a yellow patch on the wing, and extensive white on the tail, which is conspicuous from below. The grayish white underparts contrast the darker gray back, and the bill is long and slender. Juvenile individuals appear similar to females, regardless of sex.

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When to see the Golden-winged Warbler

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is May, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Golden-winged Warbler

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 18 countries with regular records, and 2 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 Costa Rica Canada Panama Honduras Nicaragua Guatemala Colombia Belize Mexico Venezuela El Salvador Bermuda Cuba Puerto Rico Ecuador Cayman Islands Bahamas

Recorded as a rare visitor in United Kingdom, Jamaica.

About the Golden-winged Warbler

The golden-winged warbler is a small migratory insectivorous bird in the New World warbler family Parulidae. It breeds in southeastern and south-central Canada and in the Appalachian Mountains in the northeastern to north-central United States. The majority (~70%) of the global population breeds in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Manitoba. Golden-winged warbler populations are slowly expanding northwards but are generally declining across its range. This is most likely as a result of habitat loss and competition/interbreeding with the very closely related blue-winged warbler, Vermivora cyanoptera, albeit the latter point has been debated.

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Easily confused with

Blue-winged WarblerVermivora cyanopteraThe blue-winged warbler is a small warbler at 11.4–12.7 cm (4.5–5.0 in) long, with a wingspan of 17–19.5 cm (6.7–7.7 in).

Side by side: Blue-winged Warbler vs Golden-winged Warbler

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