A Field Guide to Warblers of North America

by Dunn, Jon; Garrett, Kimball L.; Schultz, Thomas R.; House, Cindy; National Audubon Society

• ISBN13: 9780395389713
• ISBN10: 0395389712
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-08-01
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Summary

The first comprehensive field guide to North American warblers describes all 60 species in detail, from field marks and vocalizations to mating habits and preferred habitats. The 32 color paintings use the unique Peterson Identification System to indicate what distinguishes one bird from another. 141 color photographs show various plumages for each species, and 60 large color maps show species' ranges.

Table of Contents

LIST OF PLATES	x
Introduction	1	(4)
The Natural History of Warblers	5	(26)
How to Identify Warblers	31	(3)
How to Use This Book	34	(9)
PLATES	43	(66)
SPECIES ACCOUNTS	109	(502)
FAMILY PEUCEDRAMIDAE	109	(8)
Genus Peucedramus Olive Warbler	109	(8)
FAMILY PARULIDAE	117	(494)
Genus Vermivora	117	(73)
Bachman's Warbler	117	(8)
Blue-winged Warbler	125	(8)
Golden-winged Warbler	133	(12)
Tennessee Warbler	145	(9)
Orange-crowned Warbler	154	(12)
Nashville Warbler	166	(8)
Virginia's Warbler	174	(6)
Colima Warbler	180	(5)
Lucy's Warbler	185	(5)
Genus Parula	190	(20)
Crescent-chested Warbler	190	(5)
Northern Parula	195	(9)
Tropical Parula	204	(6)
Genus Dendroica	210	(201)
Yellow Warbler	210	(22)
Chestnut-sided Warbler	232	(8)
Magnolia Warbler	240	(8)
Cape May Warbler	248	(9)
Black-throated Blue Warbler	257	(10)
Yellow-rumped Warbler	267	(15)
Black-throated Gray Warbler	282	(9)
Golden-cheeked Warbler	291	(7)
Black-throated Green Warbler	298	(9)
Townsend's Warbler	307	(9)
Hermit Warbler	316	(9)
Yellow-throated Warbler	325	(9)
Grace's Warbler	334	(6)
Pine Warbler	340	(9)
Kirtland's Warbler	349	(7)
Prairie Warbler	356	(10)
Palm Warbler	366	(9)
Bay-breasted Warbler	375	(8)
Blackpoll Warbler	383	(9)
Blackburnian Warbler	392	(9)
Cerulean Warbler	401	(10)
Genus Mniotilta Black-and-white Warbler	411	(7)
Genus Setophaga American Redstart	418	(9)
Genus Protonotaria Prothonotary Warbler	427	(8)
Genus Helmitheros Worm-eating Warbler	435	(7)
Genus Limnothlypis Swainson's Warbler	442	(6)
Genus Seiurus	448	(27)
Ovenbird	448	(9)
Northern Waterthrush	457	(11)
Louisiana Waterthrush	468	(7)
Genus Oporornis	475	(37)
Kentucky Warbler	475	(9)
Connecticut Warbler	484	(9)
Mourning Warbler	493	(9)
MacGillivray's Warbler	502	(10)
Genus Geothlypis	512	(29)
Common Yellowthroat	512	(13)
Belding's Yellowthroat	525	(4)
Bahama Yellowthroat	529	(6)
Gray-crowned Yellowthroat	535	(6)
Genus Wilsonia	541	(27)
Hooded Warbler	541	(8)
Wilson's Warbler	549	(11)
Canada Warbler	560	(8)
Genus Cardellina Red-faced Warbler	568	(5)
Genus Myioborus	573	(11)
Painted Redstart	573	(6)
Slate-throated Redstart	579	(5)
Genus Euthlypis Fan-tailed Warbler	584	(5)
Genus Basileuterus	589	(9)
Golden-crowned Warbler	589	(4)
Rufous-capped Warbler	593	(5)
Genus Icteria Yellow-breasted Chat	598	(13)
Acknowledgments	611	(7)
Glossary	618	(5)
Bibliography	623	(3)
References	626	(28)
Index	654

Excerpts

BLUE-WINGED WARBLER pl. 2 Vermivora pinus4.75 in. (12 cm). This inhabitant of successional habitats in eastern North America has dramatically expanded its range to the north and northeast in the 1900s. Although the Blue-winged is very different in plumage pattern from the more northerly-breeding Golden-winged Warbler, these two species are closely related and frequently hybridize in the shifting zone where their ranges come into contact. Hybrids are discussed under Golden-winged Warbler (p. 133). The Blue- winged Warbler has a long, sharp bill and a bold, dark line through the eye in all plumages, along with white undertail coverts that contrast with the yellow underparts. The blue-gray wings with whitish wing bars and mostly extensive white in the outer three pairs of tail feathers are distinctive among warblers with plain olive upperparts and unmarked yellow underparts.Description Generally green above and yellow on the crown and underparts, becoming white on the undertail coverts; all plumages show a dark line through the eye and pale (usually whitish) wing bars. Age and sex differences are slight; there is little seasonal change in plumage. The Blue-winged is a medium-sized warbler with a moderately long tail and a rather long and sharply pointed bill; there is a strong seasonal change in bill color.