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ForestCup nestTiny · 9 g
What the Tennessee Warbler sounds like
ID tip
The Tennessee warbler is 11.5 cm (4.5 in) long, has a 19.69 cm (7.75 in) wingspan, and weighs roughly 10 g (0.35 oz). The breeding male has olive back, shoulders, rump and vent. The flight feathers are brownish-black. It has a slate gray neck, crown and eyeline. The underside is a gray-white. The female is similar to the male, but is much duller and is tinged with yellow and olive overall, especially on the underside. The Tennessee warbler has long wings, short tail and a thin, pointy bill. Juveniles and first-year birds are quite similar to the female.
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When to see the Tennessee 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 Tennessee Warbler
The map shades 27 countries with regular records, and 9 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 United Kingdom, Portugal, Iceland, Norway, Peru, St. Lucia, French Guiana, St. Martin, Spain.
About the Tennessee Warbler
The Tennessee warbler is a New World warbler that breeds in eastern North America and winters in southern Central America, the Caribbean, and northern South America. The specific name peregrina is from Latin peregrinus "wanderer".
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Easily confused with
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaThe Nashville warbler is a small warbler.
Lucy's WarblerLeiothlypis luciaeLucy's warbler is the smallest species of New World warbler.
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataThe orange-crowned warbler has olive-grey upperparts, yellowish underparts with faint streaking and a thin pointed bill.
Side by side: Orange-crowned Warbler vs Tennessee Warbler · Nashville Warbler vs Tennessee Warbler · Lucy's Warbler vs Tennessee Warbler · Tennessee Warbler vs Virginia's Warbler
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