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ForestCup nestTiny · 11 g
What the Hooded Warbler sounds like
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The hooded warbler is a small bird and mid-sized warbler, measuring 13 cm (5.1 in) in length and weighing 9–12 g (0.32–0.42 oz). The hooded warbler has a wingspan of 6.9 in (17.5 cm). It has a plain olive/green-brown back and yellow underparts. Their outer rectrices have whitish vanes. Males have distinctive black hoods which surround their yellow faces; the female has an olive-green cap which does not extend to the forehead, ears, and throat. Males attain their hood at about 9–12 months of age; younger birds are essentially identical to (and easily confused with) females.
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When to see the Hooded Warbler
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 6 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is May, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Hooded Warbler
The map shades 30 countries with regular records, and 4 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.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Portugal, British Virgin Islands, St. Barthélemy, St. Kitts & Nevis.
About the Hooded Warbler
The hooded warbler is a New World warbler. It breeds in eastern North America across the eastern United States and into southernmost Canada (Ontario). It is migratory, wintering in Central America and the West Indies. Hooded warblers are very rare vagrants to western Europe.
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Easily confused with
Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolorThese birds have yellow underparts with dark streaks on the flanks.
Townsend's WarblerSetophaga townsendiTownsend's warbler has a yellow face with a black stripe across its cheeks extending into an ear patch, a thin pointed bill, two white wing bars, olive upperparts with black streaks on their backs and flanks, and a white belly.
Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominicaThe yellow-throated warbler is 13–14 cm (5.1–5.5 in) long, with a wingspan of 21 cm (8.3 in), and weighs 8.5–11.3 g (0.30–0.40 oz).
Side by side: Hooded Warbler vs Yellow-throated Warbler · Hooded Warbler vs Townsend's Warbler · Hooded Warbler vs Prairie Warbler · Cape May Warbler vs Hooded Warbler
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