Plumbeous Warbler (Setophaga plumbea) | Photos and ID

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Plumbeous Warbler (Setophaga plumbea), photo 3 — Photo: (c) Yves Bas, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Plumbeous Warbler (Setophaga plumbea), photo 4 — Photo: (c) Tommy Andriollo, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Plumbeous Warbler (Setophaga plumbea), photo 5 — Photo: (c) Tommy Andriollo, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Plumbeous Warbler (Setophaga plumbea), photo 6 — Photo: (c) John Thomlinson, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Plumbeous Warbler (Setophaga plumbea), photo 7 — Photo: (c) Brooke Smith, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Plumbeous Warbler (Setophaga plumbea), photo 8 — Photo: (c) Eric Knight, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Plumbeous Warbler (Setophaga plumbea), photo 9 — Photo: (c) Tommy Andriollo, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Plumbeous Warbler (Setophaga plumbea), photo 10 — Photo: (c) Tommy Andriollo, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

ID tip

The plumbeous warbler is 12 to 14 cm (4.7 to 5.5 in) long and weighs 8.4 to 11.3 g (0.30 to 0.40 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a mostly gray head with a white supercilium that is broken over the eye and a white arc below the eye. Their upperparts are gray. Their wings are mostly gray with wide white tips on the greater and median coverts that show as two white wing bars. Their tail is mostly gray with a whitish underside and white tips on the outer two pairs of feathers. Their underparts are mostly whitish with grayer flanks. Voice: The plumbeous warbler's song is a "short and simple but quite melodic...pa-pi-a or de-de-diu". Its calls are a "short chek" and a "loud rattle".

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When to see the Plumbeous Warbler

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

Where to see the Plumbeous Warbler

Regular range

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

Guadeloupe Dominica

About the Plumbeous Warbler

The plumbeous warbler is a species of passerine bird belonging to the family Parulidae, the New World warblers. This species is found only in Dominica and Guadeloupe in the Lesser Antilles. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.

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Easily confused with

American Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaOther than in male breeding plumage and body size, all warbler subspecies are very similar.

Olive-capped WarblerSetophaga pityophilaThe olive-capped warbler is about 12.5 to 13 cm (4.9 to 5.1 in) long and weighs 7.2 to 8.7 g (0.25 to 0.31 oz).

Arrowhead WarblerSetophaga pharetraThe arrowhead warbler is 12.5 to 13 cm (4.9 to 5.1 in) long and weighs 9.1 to 10.5 g (0.32 to 0.37 oz).

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