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What the Prothonotary Warbler sounds like
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The prothonotary warbler is 13 cm (5.1 in) long, weighs a mean 14.3 g (0.50 oz), and has a wingspan of 22 cm (8.75 in). It has an olive-coloured back with blue-grey wings and tail, yellow underparts, a relatively long pointed bill, and black legs. The adult male has a bright orange-yellow head. Females and immature birds are duller and have a yellow head. In flight from below, the short, wide tail has a distinctive two-toned pattern, white at the base and dark at the tip.
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When to see the Prothonotary Warbler
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 5 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is May, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Prothonotary Warbler
The map shades 34 countries with regular records, and 5 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, Anguilla, Dominica, French Guiana, St. Barthélemy.
About the Prothonotary Warbler
The prothonotary warbler is a small songbird of the New World warbler family. It is named for its plumage, which resembles the yellow robes once worn by papal clerks in the Roman Catholic Church.
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Easily confused with
Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacillaThe Louisiana waterthrush has a plain brown back and white underparts streaked with black.
Canada WarblerCardellina canadensisThe Canada warbler is sometimes called the "necklaced warbler", because of the band of dark streaks across its chest.
Black-throated Grey WarblerSetophaga nigrescensThe black-throated gray warbler has mostly black, gray, and white plumage, which is soft, lacking gloss.
Side by side: Louisiana Waterthrush vs Prothonotary Warbler · Canada Warbler vs Prothonotary Warbler · Black-throated Grey Warbler vs Prothonotary Warbler
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