Hermit Warbler (Setophaga occidentalis) | Photos and ID

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ForestCup nestTiny · 10 g

Hermit Warbler (Setophaga occidentalis), photo 1 — Photo: (c) Frode Jacobsen, some rights reserved (CC BY) · cc-by

Hermit Warbler (Setophaga occidentalis), photo 2 — Photo: Daniel S. Katz · CC BY 4.0

Hermit Warbler (Setophaga occidentalis), photo 3 — Photo: Daniel S. Katz · CC BY 4.0

Hermit Warbler (Setophaga occidentalis), photo 4 — Photo: Kat B · CC BY 4.0

Hermit Warbler (Setophaga occidentalis), photo 5 — Photo: Kat B · CC BY 4.0

ID tip

Hermit warblers are dark gray in coloration on top, and white below, and their flanks are streaked with black. The wings have two diagonal white wing bars. The majority of the hermit warbler's head is yellow, and males have a dark black throat, while females have much less black on their throat bib and immature birds have no black throat. Both males and females measure 5.5 inches (14 cm) in length, 0.3 to 0.5 oz (8.5 to 14.2 g) in weight, and 7.9 in (20 cm) in wingspan.

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When to see the Hermit Warbler

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 7 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is May, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Hermit Warbler

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 8 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 Mexico Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua El Salvador Costa Rica Panama

Recorded as a rare visitor in Canada, Belize.

About the Hermit Warbler

The hermit warbler is a small perching bird. It is a species of New World warbler or wood-warbler. They are a migratory bird, the breeding range spanning the majority of the west coast of the United States. Their winter range includes parts of Mexico and Central America as well as parts of the southern California coast.

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Easily confused with

Cerulean WarblerSetophaga ceruleaThe 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).

Grace's WarblerSetophaga graciaeGrace's warbler is a small bird, 11–13 cm long.

Golden-cheeked WarblerSetophaga chrysopariaThe golden-cheeked warbler is very striking due to its bright yellow cheeks that are contrasted by its black throat and back.

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