A Field Guide to Warblers of North America

by Dunn, Jon L.

• ISBN13: 9780395783214
• ISBN10: 0395783216
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-09-24
• 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
The Natural History of Warblers 5
How to Identify Warblers 31
How to Use This Book 34
Plates 43
species accounts
Family Peucedramidae
Genus Peucedramus
Olive Warbler 109
Family Parulidae
Genus Vermivora
Bachman’s Warbler 117
Blue-winged Warbler 125
Golden-winged Warbler 133
Tennessee Warbler 145
Orange-crowned Warbler 154 Nashville
Warbler 166
Virginia’s Warbler 174
Colima Warbler 180 Lucy’s Warbler 185
Genus Parula
Crescent-chested Warbler 190
Northern Parula 195
Tropical Parula 204
Genus Dendroica
Yellow Warbler 210
Chestnut-sided Warbler 232
Magnolia Warbler 240
Cape May Warbler 248
Black-throated Blue Warbler 257
Yellow-rumped Warbler 267
Black-throated Gray Warbler 282
Golden-cheeked Warbler 291
Black-throated Green Warbler 298
Townsend’s Warbler 307
Hermit Warbler 316
Yellow-throated Warbler 325
Grace’s Warbler 334
Pine Warbler 340
Kirtland’s Warbler 349
Prairie Warbler 356
Palm Warbler 366
Bay-breasted Warbler 375
Blackpoll Warbler 383
Blackburnian Warbler 392
Cerulean Warbler 401
Genus Mniotilta
Black-and-white Warbler 411
Genus Setophaga
American Redstart 418
Genus Protonotaria
Prothonotary Warbler 427
Genus Helmitheros
Worm-eating Warbler 435
Genus Limnothlypis
Swainson’s Warbler 442
Genus Seiurus
Ovenbird 448
Northern Waterthrush 457
Louisiana Waterthrush 468
Genus Oporornis
Kentucky Warbler 475
Connecticut Warbler 484
Mourning Warbler 493
MacGillivray’s Warbler 502
Genus Geothlypis
Common Yellowthroat 512
Belding’s Yellowthroat 525
Bahama Yellowthroat 529
Gray-crowned Yellowthroat 535
Genus Wilsonia
Hooded Warbler 541
Wilson’s Warbler 549
Canada Warbler 560
Genus Cardellina
Red-faced Warbler 568
Genus Myioborus
Painted Redstart 573
Slate-throated Redstart 579
Genus Euthlypis
Fan-tailed Warbler 584
Genus Basileuterus
Golden-crowned Warbler 589
Rufous-capped Warbler 593
Genus Icteria
Yellow-breasted Chat 598

Acknowledgments 611
Glossary 618
Bibliography 623
References 626
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.

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