Pine Warbler

Setophaga pinus

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestCup nestTiny · 12 g

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These birds have white bellies, two white wing bars, dark legs and thin, relatively long pointed bills; they have yellowish 'spectacles' around their eyes. Adult males have olive upperparts and bright yellow throats and breasts; females and immatures display upperparts which are olive-brown. Their throats and breasts are paler. The adult male pine warbler looks somewhat similar to the yellow-throated vireo which may cause some identification problems. The song of this bird is a musical trill. Their calls are slurred chips.

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When to see the Pine Warbler

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is May, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Pine Warbler

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 10 countries with regular records, and 3 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 Costa Rica, Colombia, Guatemala.

About the Pine Warbler

The pine warbler is a small songbird of the New World warbler family Parulidae. It is a permanent resident in the southeastern United States and also breeds in southeastern Canada and the northeastern United States, where it is migratory. Unlike other wood-warblers, in addition to insects the pine warbler also sometimes consumes seeds.

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Easily confused with

Side by side: Mangrove Warbler vs Pine Warbler · American Redstart vs Pine Warbler · Black-and-white Warbler vs Pine Warbler · Northern Parula vs Pine Warbler · Palm Warbler vs Pine Warbler · Ovenbird vs Pine Warbler · Black-throated Green Warbler vs Pine Warbler

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