Yellow-headed Warbler (Teretistris fernandinae) | Photos and ID

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Yellow-headed Warbler (Teretistris fernandinae), photo 1 — Photo: (c) Christoph Moning, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Christoph Moning · cc-by

Yellow-headed Warbler (Teretistris fernandinae), photo 7 — Photo: (c) Dayron Breto, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Yellow-headed Warbler (Teretistris fernandinae), photo 8 — Photo: (c) Tom Field, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Yellow-headed Warbler (Teretistris fernandinae), photo 9 — Photo: (c) Christoph Moning, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Yellow-headed Warbler (Teretistris fernandinae), photo 10 — Photo: (c) Dayron Breto, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

ID tip

The yellow-headed warbler is about 13 cm (5.1 in) long and weighs 6 to 18.5 g (0.21 to 0.65 oz). Its entire head is yellow, with an olive tinge on the crown and nape. Its upperparts are gray and its underparts a lighter grayish white. Voice: The yellow-headed warbler's song is "a series of buzzy grating notes interspersed with sweeter, more musical notes". Its calls include "a rapid, high-pitched, staccato chattering" and "various other buzzy and grating notes".

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When to see the Yellow-headed Warbler

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 7 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Yellow-headed Warbler

Regular range

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Cuba

About the Yellow-headed Warbler

The yellow-headed warbler is one of two species of bird in the Cuban warbler family Teretistridae. It is endemic to western Cuba.

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Easily confused with

Oriente WarblerTeretistris fornsiThe Oriente warbler is about 13 cm (5.1 in) long and weighs 7.4 to 13 g (0.26 to 0.46 oz).

Side by side: Oriente Warbler vs Yellow-headed Warbler

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