Townsend's Warbler (Setophaga townsendi) | Photos, Calls and ID

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ForestCup nestTiny · 9 g

What the Townsend's Warbler sounds like

Sonogram of the Townsend's Warbler: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.

Recorded by NPS Alaska · Song · Compeau Trail, Alaska, United States · CC0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

Townsend'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. Adult males have a black cap, black throat and yellow lower breast; females have a dark cap and a yellow throat. Immature birds are similar to females with a dark green cap and cheeks.

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When to see the Townsend's Warbler

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is May, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Townsend's Warbler

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 12 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.

United States Canada Mexico Guatemala Costa Rica Honduras El Salvador Nicaragua Panama Bermuda Puerto Rico Cayman Islands

Recorded as a rare visitor in Colombia, Belize, Cuba.

About the Townsend's Warbler

Townsend's warbler is a small songbird of the New World warbler family.

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Easily confused with

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).

Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrinaThe 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).

Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolorThese birds have yellow underparts with dark streaks on the flanks.

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