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NEW WORLD WARBLERS

Order Passeriformes    Family Parulidae


The New World warblers or wood-warblers are a group of small, often colorful, song birds. They are not related to the Old World warblers (Sylviidae) or the Australian warblers. Most are arboreal and insectivores. They very in size from 10 to 15 cm and have short and quite slender bills.


Genus Basileuterus
See also Myiothlypis.
Mainly robust warblers with a stout bill. The majority of species have olive or gray upperparts and yellow underparts. The head is often strikingly marked with a long broad supercilium, a colored crown or crown stripes, and often other striking head markings. They are found from southwestern United States to South America.

Warbler,_Black-cheeked  Basileuterus melanogenys   Found: Costa Rica, Panama
The Black-cheeked Warbler has green-gray upperparts; rufous crown; long white supercilium; black cheeks, chin; pale throat.
Image by: 1) Cephas  2) Francesco Veronesi - Boquette Panama 3) Jerry Oldenettel - Costa Rica  4) Muchaxo - Costa Rica


Warbler,_Costa_Rican also Black-eared Warbler  Basileuterus melanotis   Found; Costa Rica to western Panama
The Costa Rican Wabler has mainly olive-brown upperparts; dark cheek; black and white striping on head; buffy underparts. It was formerly conspecific with the Three-striped Warbler.
Image by: 1) Johnathan_Nightingale - Costa Rica  2) Costa_Rican_Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - David_Hollie


Warbler,_Fan-tailed  Basileuterus lachrymosus  Found: northern Mexico to Nicaragua  Rarely: southwest USA
The Fan-tailed Warbler has gray upperparts; black- framed yellow crown streak; white lores; white behind the eyes; white tipped tail; brownish-red underparts.
Image by: 1) Cephas  2) Dominic Sherony  3, 4) Jerry Oldenettel - New Mexico 


Warbler,_Golden-browed  Basileuterus belli  Found: Mexico, Central America
The Golden-browed Warbler has olive-green upperparts; rufous crown, ear coverts; broad golden supercilium boarded with black; mainly yellow underparts.
Image by: 1) Cephas  2, 3) Francesco Veronesi - Mexico   4) Amy McAndrews - Mexico  5) Benjamin Clock  6) Nick Athanas - Mexico 


Warbler,_Golden-crowned  Basileuterus culicivorus  Rare: USA (Texas), Mexico.  Found: Central America, South America
The Golden-crowned Warbler has gray-green upperparts,bright yellow underparts, gray head with a black-bordered yellow crown stripe, yellow supercilium,black eyestripe.
Image by: 1, 2, 3, 4) Dario Sanches - Brazil  5) Cristiano Crolle - Las Gaviotas, Argentina  6) Nick Athanas - Brazil
6) B. c. hypoleucus (white-bellied)



Warbler,_Gray-headed
  Basileuterus griseiceps  Found: Venezuela
The Gray-headed Warbler has olive upperparts; gray head; pale supercilium; yellow underparts.
Image by: 1) Cephas  2, 3) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Greg_Lavaty


Warbler,_Pirre  Basileuterus ignotus  Found: Panama, Columbia
The Pirre Warbler has olive-green upperparts; whitish supercilium; dusky olive ear-coverts; creamy yellow underparts.
Image by: 1) Cephas  2) SJ Davies


Warbler,_Rufous-capped   Basileuterus rufifrons  Rare: USA (Arizona, Texas), South America (Venezuela).  Found: Central America
The Rufous-capped Warber's has olive to olive-gray upperparts, bright yellow chests and throats, white belly, rufous cap, white superciliary, a dark eye-line, and a white malar marking. The bill is rather stout for a warbler.
Similar to: Yellow-breasted Chat. Rufous-capped Warbler has white eyebrow; Yellow-breasted Chat has white eye-ring.
Image by: 1, 2) Dominic Sherony  3) Seabamirum - Florida Canyon, Arizona  4) Francesco Veronesi - El Valle Panama  5, 6, 7) Nick Athanas - Mexico, Mexico, Panama



Warbler,_Santa Marta  Basileuterus basilicus  Found: Columbia
The Santa Marta  Warbler has olive-green upperparts; whitish supercilium; white broken eye-ring; yellow underparts.
Image by: 1) Cephas  2) Dave Curtis - Columbia


Warbler,_Three-banded  Basileuterus trifasciatus  Found: South America
The Three-banded Warbler has a white center crown stripe; bordered by gray stripe; white supercilium; pale gray eye-line; yellowish underparts.
It is found in Ecuador, Peru.
Similar to: Russet-crowned Warbler. Russet-crowned Warbler has rufous central crown stripe; Three-banded Warbler has white central crown stripe.
Similar to: Three-striped Warbler. Three-banded Warbler has white center crown stripe; Three-striped Warbler has black center crown stripe.
Image by: 1) Cephas  2) Francesco Veronesi - Ecuador  3) Nick Athanas - Peru  4) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Declan_Troy


Warbler,_Three-striped  Basileuterus tristriatus  Found: Panama to northern South America
The Three-striped Warbler has a black wide center crown stripe; bordered by white supercilium; bordered by black eye-line. Most have a black ear covert.
It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela.
Similar to: Three-banded Warbler. Three-banded Warbler has white center crown stripe; Three-striped Warbler has black center crown stripe.
Image by: 1) Cephas  2, 3) Carol Foil - Ecuador  4) qq - Ecuador



Genus Cardellina
These warblers are found mainly in North American and Central America, with the Canada Warbler exteneding to northern South America.

Warbler,_Canada   Cardellina canadensis   Found: eastern North America to northern South America
The Canada Warbler has blue-gray upperparts, yellow underparts, yellowish eye-rings, pink legs. Adult males have black foreheads and black necklaces. Females and immatures have faint grey necklaces.
Image by: 1, 5) William Majoros 2) Emmett Hume   3) Merv Cormier  4) Kelly Azar - Pennsylvania  6) José Loaizan - Ecuador 
1 - 4)  Female 5, 6) Male



Warbler,_Pink-headed Cardellina versicolor  Found: Mexico to Guatemala
The Pink-headed Warbler is primarily red, with a silvery-pink head and chest. It is a fairly common to common resident of humid to semi-humid pine-oak, pine-evergreen and evergreen forest and edge,
Image by: 1) Cephas  2) Jospeh Wolf 3) Nick Athanas - Mexico  4) Dominic Sherony


Warbler,_Red  Cardellina rubra  Found: Mexico
The adult Red Werbler is bright red, with a white or gray ear patch, depending on the subspecies; young birds are pinkish-brown, with a whitish ear patch and two pale wingbars. There are three subspecies, found in disjunct populations, which differ primarily in the color of their ear patch and in the brightness and tone of their body plumage.
Image by: 1) Casliber  2, 4) Dominic Sherony  3) Amy McAndrews - Sierra de Miahuatlan, Oaxaca


Warbler,_Red-faced   Cardellina rubrifrons   Found: USA (Arizona, New Mexico), Mexico, to Honduras
The Red-faced Warbler has light gray upperparts, white underparts; gray or white between back and head, black crown and sides of head, red face, neck and upper breast.
Image by: 1) Cephas 2) Jerry Oldenettel - New Mexico  3) Aaron_Maizlish - Arizona   4, 5) Tom_Benso



Warbler,_Wilson's  Cardellina pusilla  Found: North America to Panama
The Wilson's Warbler is greenish above and yellow below, with rounded wings and a long, slim tail. The male has a black crown patch; depending on the subspecies, that mark is reduced or absent in the female.
Similar to: Yellow Warbler. Yellow Warbler has yellow edges to the wings which distinguishes it from female Wilson's Warbler.
Image by: 1, 7) Cephas - Quebec  2, 3) Dick Daniels - New Jersey  4) Jean-Guy Dallaire  5) Micheal Woodruff - Washington  6) Greg7 - Vancouver, Canada   
1, 2) Juvenile  3) Female  4, 5, 6) Male




Genus Catharopeza - 1 species

Warbler,_Whistling  Catharopeza bishopi  Found: Saint Vincent in the Lesser Antilles
The Whistling Warbler has dark upperparts, head; white eye-ring, throat; dark brown breast-band.
Image by: 1) Joseph_Smit  2) John_C_Mittermeier



Genus Geothlypis
All the yellowthroats have similar plumage, with yellow-green upperparts, yellow breast, and a mainly black bill. The adult male has a black facemask of variable extent, usually bordered above with a grey band. The female is similar, but lacks the black mask, and may be duller in plumage. The breeding habitat of these warblers is typically marshes and other wet areas with dense low vegetation.

Warbler,_Kentucky   Geothlypis formosa   Found: Eastern United States to northwest South America
The Kentucky Warbler's has olive-green back and nape, yellow underparts, tinge of black on head,black spectacle-like pattern near the eyes. Female Kentucky warblers have slightly less black on the sides of their head, and immature birds may have almost no black at all.
Image by: 1) Cephas  2) Jerry Oldenettel - New Mexica  3) Ander Peltomaa - New York 4) Steve Maslowski, USFWS 


Warbler,_MacGillivray's   Geothlypis tolmiei  Found: west North America to Panama
The MacGillivray's Warbler has dull yellow belly, white eye-arcs. Male has dark head and breast. Female has and immature birds have light gray head, throat and upper breast.
Similar to: Connecticut Warbler,_Mourning Warbler. Connecticut Warbler has white-eye rings, MacGillivray's Warbler has white eye-arcs, Mourning Warbler has faint white eye-rings. Juvenile MacGillvray's and Mourning Warblers are very similar.
Image by: 1, 2, 4) Jerry Oldenettel - New Mexico   3) Sarah Beckwith of the National Park Service -New Mexico   5) David Hofmann - California  6) Willapalens - Washington  7) Sean McCann - British Columbia
1, 2, 3) Female  4 - 7) Male



Warbler,_Mourning Geothlypis philadelphia Found: southeast Canada to northwest South America
The Mourning Warbler has yellow underparts, olive-green upperparts and pink legs. Adult males have a gray hood, black patch on throat and breast. Females and immatures have gray-brown on head, incomplete eye-ring.
Similar to: Connecticut Warbler,_MacGillivray's Warbler. Connecticut Warbler has white-eye rings, MacGillivray's Warbler has white eye-arcs, Mourning Warbler has faint white eye-rings. Juvenile MacGillvray's and Mourning Warblers are very similar.
Image by: 1)  Seabamirum   2) Ryan Doherty  3) Tom_Benson
1) Female  2, 3) Male


Yellowthroat, Altamira  Geothlypis flavovelata  Found: northeastern Mexico
The male Altamira Yellowthroat has yellow-olive upperparts; yellow crown; black mask; bright yellow underparts washed dusky olive over flanks. Female lacks mask, instead has yellow face with olive ear-coverts.
Image by: 1) Cephas  2, 3) Jeffery Gordon
2) Female  3) Male


Yellowthroat, Bahama  Geothlypis rostrata  Found: The Bahamas
The Bahama Yellowthroat has olive-green upperparts; mainly yellow underparts. Male has a black mask and gray fore-crown. Female is similar buts lacks mask and has gray crown.
Similar to: Common Yellowthroat. Bahama Yellowthroat is larger and has heavier bill than Common Yellowthroat.
Image by: Violet Q


Yellowthroat,_Belding's  Geothlypis beldingi  Found: Baja California, Mexico
The Belding's Yellowthroat has an olive-green back. The male G. b. beldingi has yellow underparts, a black facemask and yellow fore-crown. The female is similar, but lacks the black mask and has an olive crown. The male G. b.goldmaii has a pale belly and gray fore-crown.
Image by: 1) Cephas  2, 3) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Steven_Mlodinow, Alan Van Norman  4) Brian Sullivan - California
2) Female 3, 4) Male


Yellowthroat,_Black-polled  Geothlypis speciosa  Found: Mexico
The male Black-polled Yellowthroat has brownish-olive upperparts; black side of face; yellow underparts. Female has dark eye-line; no black marks on head.
Image by:  1) Cephas  2) John Gerrand Keulemans  3) Dominic Sherony  4) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Mitch Walters


Yellowthroat, Common   Geothlypis trichas Found: North America
The Common Yellowthroat has an olive back, wings and tail; yellow throat and chest; white belly. Adult males have black face masks which stretch from the sides of the neck across the eyes and forehead, which are bordered above with white or gray. Female and immature birds are similar in appearance, but have paler underparts and lack the black mask.
Similar to: Bahama Yellowthroat. Bahama Yellowthroat is larger and has heavier bill than Common Yellowthroat.
Similar to: Hooded Yellowthoat. The Hooded Yellowthroat has a considerably longer bill than the Common Yellowthroat.
Similar to: Olive-crowned Yellowthoat. The Olive-crowned Yellowthroat has more extensive yellow on the underparts than the Common Yellowthroat.
Image by: 1) Cephas  2) John Benson  3, 4, 5, 6, 7) Dick Daniels - Maine  78) New Jersy Birds  9) Teddy Llovet
2 - 6) Female   7) Juvenile male  8, 9) Male




Yellowthroat, Gray-crowned   Geothlypis poliocephala Rare: United States.  Found: Mexico, Central America
Similar to: Masked Yellowthroat. Male Masked Yellowthroat has black behind the eye, male Gray-crowned Yellowthroat does not. Female Masked has yellow eye-ring, female Gray-crowned does not.
Image by: 1) Cephas  2) Brendan_Ryan  3) John Norton - Belize  4)  Jerry Oldenettel - Belize 


Yellowthroat,_Hooded  Geothlypis nelsoni  Found: Mexico
The male Hooded Yellowthroat has a has an olive back, wings and tail; yellow throat. Adult males have black face masks which stretch from the sides of the neck across the eyes and forehead, Female and immature birds are similar in appearance, but have paler underparts and lack the black mask.
Similar to: Common Yellowthoat. The Hooded Yellowthroat has a considerably longer bill than the Common Yellowthroat.
Similar to: Olive-crowned Yellowthoat. The Olive-crowned Yellowthroat has more extensive yellow on the underparts than the Hooded Yellowthroat.
Image by: 1) Cephas  2) Amy McAndrews - Mexico  3) Nick Athanas  4) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Nigel_Voaden


Yellowthroat, Masked  Geothlypis aequinoctialis  Found: Central and South America
The Masked Yellowthroat has yellow-green upperparts, bright yellow underparts, mainly black bill. The adult male has a black facemask, bordered above with a gray band. The female is similar, but lacks the black mask. She is slightly duller, has variable amounts of gray to the head, a yellowish eye-ring and a yellowish stripe from the bill to the eye. Similar to: Gray-crowned Yellowthroat. Male Masked Yellowthroat has black behind the eye, male Gray-crowned Yellowthroat does not. Female Masked has yellow eye-ring, female Gray-crowned does not.
Image by: 1) Dario Niz - Uruguay   2, 4) Cláudio Timm - Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil  3) dFaulder - Argentina
1, 2) Female  3, 4) Male 


Yellowthroat,_Olive-crowned  Geothlypis semiflava  Found: Mexico to southwest South America
The male Olive-crowned Yellowthoat has an olive back, wings and tail; yellow underparts. Adult males have black face masks which stretch from the sides of the neck across the eyes and forehead, Female and immature birds are similar in appearance, but lack the black mask.
It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama.
Similar to: Common Yellowthoat. The Olive-crowned Yellowthroat has more extensive yellow on the underparts than the Common Yellowthroat.
Similar to: Hooded Yellowthoat. The Olive-crowned Yellowthroat has more extensive yellow on the underparts than the Hooded Yellowthroat.
Image by: 1) Cephas 2) Dominic Sherony  3) Don Faulkner - Coast Rica  4) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Julio_Gallardo



Genus Helmitheros - 1 species

Warbler,_Worm-eating   Helmitheros vermivorum   Rare: South America (Columbia, Venezuela).  Found: North America, Central America.
The Worm-eating Warbler has olive-brown upperparts, light-colored underparts, black and light brown stripes on the head, slim pointed bill, pink legs. In immature birds, the head stripes are brownish.
Similar to: Swainson's Warbler. Worm-eating Warbler has darker eye-stripes and also has a stripe on its head while Swainson's Warbler has no stripe on its head.
Image by: 1) Cephas  2) Tom Friedel (BirdPhotos.com) - Florida 3) Jay Bass  4) Jerry Oldenettel - Texas



Genus Icteria - 1 species
Family in dispute.

Chat, Yellow-breasted  Icteria virens  Found: North America and Central America
The Yellow-breasted Chat has olive upperpart, white belly, bright yellow throat and breast, white eye-rings, blackish legs. It is the largest member of the Parulidae family and may not belong in that family.
Similar to: Rufous-capped Warbler. Rufous-capped Warbler has white eyebrow; Yellow-breasted Chat has white eye-ring.
Similar to: Yellow-throated Vireo. Yellow-throated Vireo has yellow eye-rings and wingbars; Yellow-breasted Chat has white eye-rings and no wingbars.
Image by: 1) Maggie Smith - Pennsylvania  2) Jerry Oldenettel - New Mexico  3 )John Breitsch - Colorado    4) Christine Fournier - Virginia
1) Juvenile



Genus Leucopeza - 1 species

Warbler,_Semper's  Leucopeza semperi  Found: Saint Lucia, part of the Lesser Antilles
The Semper's Warbler may be extinct. It has dark gray upperparts; grayish white underparts.
Image by: 1) Cephas  2) Joseph_Smit



Genus Limnothlypis - 1 species

Warbler,_Swainson's   Limnothlypis swainsonii   Found: southeast United States to Guatemala; West Indies
The Swainson's Warbler has olive-brown upperparts, pale yellow-white underparts, rusty brown head, whitish eyebrow stripe.
Similar to: Worm-eating Warbler. Worm-eating Warbler has darker eye-stripes and also has a stripe on its head while Swainson's Warbler has no stripe on its head.
Image by: 1) Cephas 2) Andy Jones - South Carolina  3) Carol Foil - Louisiana  4) Andrew_Cannizzaro - Florida



Genus Mniotilta - 1 species

Warbler,_Black-and-white Mniotilta varia Found: North America, northwest South America
The Black-and-white Warbler has black and white stripes, bolder on the male.
Image by:  1) Cephas  2) Jeremy Meyer  3) Mr T. in DC - Washington, DC 4) Dick Daniels - New Hampshire    5) New Jersey Birds  6) Cephas
2, 3, 4) Female  5. 6) Male




Genus Myioborus
The name whitestart refers to the white outer tail feathers which are a prominent feature of the members of this genus (“start” is an archaic word for “tail”). They are sometimes named as “redstarts”, but other unrelated species use this name also. The whitestarts are centered in northern South America with some being found in Central America (even into USA) and others as far south as northwestern Argenina. They prefer wooded areas.

Whitestart, Brown-capped  also  Brown-capped Redstart  Myioborus brunniceps  Found: Bolivia, Argentina
The Brown-capped Whitestart has a brown cap; gray face; white crescent above and below eye; greenish back; yellow underparts; gray wings, inner tail feathers; white outer tail feathers.
Image by: 1) Cephas  2) Nick Athanas - Argentina  3, 4) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Ian_Davies, Graham_Ekins


Whitestart, Collared also Collared Redstart  Myioborus torquatus  Found: Costa Rica, Panama
The Collared Whitestart has gray upperparts, tail with white edges; chestnut crown bordered with black, black forehead; bright yellow face and underparts; black band across the breast. The sexes are similar, but young birds are duller, with a browner back, weakly yellow underparts,
Image by: 1) Cephas  2) Benjamin Keen  3) Matt MacGillivray - Costa Rica  4) Dominic Sherony    5) D. Gordon E. Robertson - Costa Rica



Whitestart, Golden-fronted  also Golden-fronted Redstart Myioborus ornatus  Found: Columbia, Venezuela
The Golden-fronted Whitestart has yellow forehead, underparts. One subspecies has a yellow face, another has a white face.
Image by: 1) Cephas  2) Felix_Uribe - Columbia  3) Dave Curtis - Columbia  4) Peter Bono  


Whitestart, Painted also Painted Redstart Myioborus pictus  Found: southwest United States to Nicaragua
The Painted Whitestart has black back, head, and upper breast; bright red lower breast, belly; large white wing patches, white crescents below eyes; blackish bill and legs. Juvenile is brownish-gray overall, with a paler belly and undertail coverts, and a pale cream or buff tinge to its wing patches.
Similar to: White-throated Whitestart. The White-throated Whitestart lacks the Painted Whitestart's white wing patch.
Image by: 1) Cephas  2) Bernd_Kirschner  3) Dominic Sherony  4) Marcel Holyoak - California  5) Jerry Oldenettel - New Mexico



Whitestart,_Paria also Paria Redstart  Myioborus pariae  Found: Paria Peninsula in Venezuela
The Paria Whitestart has grayish upperparts; rufous crown;gray tail with white outer feathers; yellow underparts, eye-ring.
Image by: 1) Maykef  2, 3) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Daniel_Hinckley, Joe_Tobias


Whitestart,_Saffron-breasted also Saffron-breasted Redstart  Myioborus cardonai  Found: southeastern Venezuela
Image by: 1) cephas  2) hbw.com


Whitestart, Slate-throated also Slate-throated Redstart  Myioborus miniatus  Found: Mexico, Central America, South America
The Slate-throated Whitestart has slate-gray upperparts, head, throat; yellow underparts; white under tail; black bill, legs.
Similar to: Painted Whitestart. The White-throated Whitestart lacks the Painted Whitestart's white wing patch.
Image by: 1) Cephas 2) Brian Ralphs - Tilarán, Guanacaste, Costa Rica  3, 4) Dominic Sherony    5) Dick Daniels - Peru  6) Benjamin Keen - Costa Rica  7) Steve Ryan - Costa Rica



Whitestart, Spectacled  also Spectacled Redstart  Myioborus melanocephalus  Found: Columbia to Bolivia
The Spectacled Whitestart has gray upperparts; yellow spectacles, underparts.
Image by: 1) Cephas  2) Michael Woodruff - Ecuador  3) Dave Cook - Ecuador  4) Jerry Oldenettel - Ecuador  5) Nick Athanas - Ecuador



Whitestart,_Tepui also Tepui Redstart  Myioborus castaneocapilla  Found: Venezuela, western Guyana, northern Brazll
The Tepui Whitestart has olive-gray upperparts; rufous cap; yellow underparts; black tail.
Image by: 1) Cephas  2) Jacomelli  3) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Sergio_Gregorio_da_Silva


Whitestart,_White-faced  also White-faced Redstart  Myioborus albifacies Found: southwestern Venezuela
The White-faced Whitestart has olive-gray upperparts; black crown, white face; orange-yellow underparts; black tail with white outer feathers.
Image by: 1) Cephas 2) Karla_Perez


Whitestart,_White-fronted also White-fronted RedstarMyioborus albifrons  Found: western Venezueala
The White-fronted Whitestart has dark gray upperparts; rufous crown patch bordered with black; broad white spectacles and forehead; black tail with white outer feathers; yellow underparts;
Image by: 1) Cephas  2)) Andres_Cuervo  3) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Jay_McGowan


Whitestart, Yellow-crowned also Yellow-crowned Redstart  Myioborus flavivertex  Found: Columbia
The Olive-crowned Whitestart has olive upperparts; black head with yellow crown; black tail with white outer feathers; yellow underparts.
Image by: 1) Cephas  2) Alejandro_Tamayo  3) David Beadle - Columbia  4) Columbia Travel    5) Nick Athanas




Genus Myiothlypis
Some consider Myiothlypis to be a subspecies under Basileuterus. Members of Myiothlypis are found mainly in South America with a few found also in Central America.

Warbler,_Black-crested  Myiothlypis nigrocristata  Found: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela
The Black-crested Warbler has oliver upperparts; yellowish underparts; black center crown stripe; black eye-line; incomplete yellow eye-ring; yellowish supercilium. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
Similar to: Citrine Warbler. Black-crested Warbler has yellow eye-ring; Citrine Warbler does not. Black-crested Warbler has black crown stripe; most subspecies of Citrine Warbler do not have black crown stripe.
Image by: 1) Cephas Michael   2) Woodruff - Ecuador  3, 4) Nick Athanas - Ecuador  5) Francesco_Veronesi - Ecuador



Warbler,_Buff-rumped  Myiothlypis fulvicauda also  Phaeothlypis fulvicauda  Found: Central America, South America
The Buff-rumped Warbler has dark olive-brown upperparts (olive in one subspecies); lighter underparts; gray head; buff supercilium; buff rump and uppertail; blackish lower half of tail.
Image by: 1) Cephas  2) Hans Hillewaert - Costa Rica   3) Maris Pukitis - Costa Rica  4) Alan Huett - Costa Rica  5) Jerry Oldenettel - Costa Rica



Warbler,_Citrine  Myiothlypis luteoviridis  Found: South America
The Citrine Warbler has olive upperparts; yellowish underparts; yellow supercilium; some subspecies have black center crownstripe; black eye-line. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
Similar to: Black-crested Warbler. Black-crested Warbler has yellow eye-ring; Citrine Warbler does not. Black-crested Warbler has black crown stripe; most subspecies of Citrine Warbler do not have black crown stripe.
Image by: 1) Cephas  2) Ana Agreda  3) Nick Athanas - Ecuador


Warbler,_Flavescent   Myiothlypis flaveola  Found: South America
The Flavescent Warbler has olive upperparts; faint eye-lien; golden yellow underparts.
Image by:  1) Chepas  2, 4) Dario Sanches - Brazil  3) qq - Brazil


Warbler,_Golden-bellied  Myiothlypis chrysogaster  Found: Columbia, Ecuador, Peru
The Golden-bellied Warbler has olive upperparts; yellowish underparts; reddish-orange crown stripe with black border. Depending on the subspecies it has a bold gold supercilium or supercilium that varies (front to back) from yellow to olive.
Similar to: Two-banded Warbler. Golden-bellied Warbler has bold gold supercilium (or yellow transitioning to olive), pale split eye-ring; Two-banded Warbler has yellow-green lores; lacks eye-ring.
Image by: 1) Cephas  2) Joel Rosenthal - Peru  3) Nick Athanas


Warbler,_Gray-and-gold  Myiothlypis fraseri  Found: Peru, Ecuador
The Gray-and-gold Warbler has mainly gray upperparts; gold underparts; gold center crown stripe boarded by black; light gray supercilium.
Image by: 1) Cephas  2) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - bjptada in Ecuasor  3) Nick Athanas - Ecuador


Warbler,_Gray-throated  Myiothlypis cinereicollis  Found: Columbia, Venezuela
The Gray-throated Warbler has olive upperparts; gray head, upper-breast; yellow and dark gray median crown stripe; yellow lower-breast, belly.
Image by: 1) Cephas 2) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Luis_Uruena in Columbia  3) Tom_Friedel (BirdPhotos.com) - Columbia 


Warbler,_Pale-legged  Myiothlypis signata  Found: Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Peru
Image by: 1) Cephas  2) PAUL_BARNOUIN - Argentina  3) Nick Athanas - Argentina


Warbler,_Riverbank  Myiothlypis rivularis  Found: South America
Image/ Image by: 1) Cephas   2) Dario Sanches - Brazil  3) Nick Athanas - Brazil  4) Aaron_Maizlish - Brazil


Warbler,_Russet-crowned  Myiothlypis coronata  Found: South America
The Russet-crowned Warbler has olive-gray upperparts; gray head with rufous central crown stripe which is bordered with black; black eye-line; grayish olive-gray underparts. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
Similar to: Three-banded Warbler. Russet-crowned Warbler has rufous central crown stripe; Three-banded Warbler has white central crown stripe.
Image by: 1) Cephas  2, 4) Jerry Oldenettel - Ecuador  3) Nick Athanas - Ecuador  5) Francesco Veronesi - Ecuador 6) NBII Image Gallery



Warbler,_Two-banded  Myiothlypis bivittata  Found: South America
The Two-banded Warbler has olive upperparts; yellow underparts; two dark stipes on its orange crown; dark eye-line; pale split eye-ring..
Similar to: Golden-bellied Warbler. Golden-bellied Warbler has bold gold supercilium (or yellow transitioning to olive), pale split eye-ring; Two-banded Warbler has yellow-green lores; lacks eye-ring.
Image by: 1) Cephas  2) Ron Knight - Argentina  3) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Ian_Davies in Argentina


Warbler,_White-browed also White-rimmed Warbler Myiothlypis leucoblephara  Found: mainly Brazil, also Argentina, Paraguay, Uuaguay
Image by: 1) Cephas  2, 3) Cláudio Timm -  Brazil  4) Dario Sanches - Brazil


Warbler,_White-lored  Myiothlypis conspicillata  Found: Santa Marta Mountains in Columbia
The White-lored Warbler has olive upperparts; gray head; white eye-arcs, lores; yellow underparts.
Image by: 1) Pro Aves Columbia  2) Nick Athanas


Warbler,_White-striped
  Myiothlypis leucophrys  Found: Brazil
The White-striped Warbler has olive upperparts; gray crown, nape, eye-line; white face throat, underparts.
Image by: 1) Hector_Bottai - Brazil  2) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Joao_Vitor_Andriola



Genus Oporornis - 1 species

Warbler,_Connecticut  Oporornis agilis   Found: The Americas
The Connecticut Warbler has light yellow underparts, olive upperparts; whitish eye-ring, pink legs, long tail, pale wing bars, thin pointed bill. Males have a grey hood; female and immatures are more brown and have a whitish throat.
Similar to: MacGillivray's Warbler,_Mourning Warbler. Connecticut Warbler has white-eye rings, MacGillivray's Warbler has white eye-arcs, Mourning Warbler has faint white eye-rings.
Image by: 1) Cephas  2) Stylurus - Michigan   3) Peter Crosson  4) Matt Tillett - Maryland 
2) Juvenile



Genus Oreothlypis
These warblers are found from the USA to northwest South America

Warbler,_Adelaide's  Setophaga adelaidae    Found: Puerto Rico
The Adelaide's Warbler has gray upperparts; yellow forehead, underparts; white cresent below the eyes; black line in front of eyes; white under tail.
Similar to: Saint Lucia Warbler. Range of Adelaide's Warbler and Saint Lucia Warbler do not overlap.
Image by:   1) Marcel Holyoak  2, 3) Michael and Helen Cox  4) Jaro Nemcok


Warbler,_Colima   Oreothlypis crissalis  Found: Texas, Mexico
The Colima Warbler has gray to brownish upperparts, pale underparts, white eye-rings, yellow rump and feathers below tail' Males have a spot of orange on the top of their heads.
Similar to: Lucy's Warbler,_Nashville Warbler,_Virginia's Warbler. All have white eye-rings. Nashville Warbler is the only one that has a yellow belly and also the only species found east of the Mississippi River. Lucy's Warbler is the only one with white undertail coverts (behind the belly). Adult Virginia's Warblers have yellow on their breasts, not true for Lucy's.
Image by:1) Cephas  2) Dennis_Cooke  3) Jorge_Montejo  4) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Dick_Dionne


Warbler,_Crescent-chested  Oreothlypis superciliosa  Found: northern Mexico to northern Nicaragua
The male Crescent-Chested Warbler has  a chesnut crest on its chest; the female may have a faint crest there. Both sexes have a greenish back; gray head, wings, tail; white supercilium; yellowish throat, breast; whitish belly.
Image by: 1) Cephas  2) John Gerrard Keulemans 3) Amy McAndrews - Mexico  4_ Nick Athanas - Mexico  Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Hans_Spiecker



Warbler,_Flame-throated  Oreothlypis gutturalis  Found: Costa Rica, Panama
The Flame-throated Warbler has mainly slate-gray upperparts; black mask, patch on back; reddish throat, breast; white belly.
Image by: 1) Jerry Oldenettel - Panama  2) Nick Athanas - Costa Rica  3) Chris_Jimenez - Costa Rica


Warbler,_Lucy's   Oreothlypis luciae  Found: southwest United States, Mexico
The Lucy's Warbler has pale gray upperparts, whitish underparts, white eye-ring, small pointed bill, rufous rump, Adult males also have a small rusty patch on their crown.
Similar to: Colima Warbler,_Nashville Warbler,_Virginia's Warbler. All have white eye-rings. Nashville Warbler is the only one that has a yellow belly and also the only species found east of the Mississippi River. Lucy's Warbler is the only one with white undertail coverts (behind the belly). Adult Virginia's Warblers have yellow on their breasts, not true for Lucy's.
Image by:  1) Cephas  2) Dominic Sherony  3) Andrej_Chudy - Arizona  4) Maggie Smith 


Warbler,_Nashville  Oreothlypis ruficapilla  Found: North America
The Nashville Warbler has olive-brown upperparts, white belly, yellow throat and breast,white eye ring, no wing bars and a thin pointed bill. Adult males have a grey head with a rusty crown patch (often not visible); females and immature birds have a duller olive-grey head.
Similar to: Colima Warbler,_Lucy's Warbler,_Virginia's Warbler. All have white eye-rings. Nashville Warbler is the only one that has a yellow belly and also the only species found east of the Mississippi River. Lucy's Warbler is the only one with white undertail coverts (behind the belly). Adult Virginia's Warblers have yellow on their breasts, not true for Lucy's.
Image by:1) Cephas 2) Ken Schneider - Kane County, Illinois  3) Bill Majoros - Lak Erie  4) Frank Lospalluto - Oregon  5)Dominic Sherony 



Warbler,_Orange-crowned  Oreothlypis celata  Found: North America to Guatemala, Bahamas
The Orange-crowned Warbler has olive-grey upperparts, yellowish underparts with faint streaking, a thin pointed bill, faint line over eyes, faint broken eye-arcs. Females and immatures are duller in colour than males. Western birds are yellower than eastern birds.
Similar to: Tennessee Warbler.
Image by: 1) Cephas  2) USFWS   3) Dan Pancamo - Texas   4) Dick Daniels - Palmer, Alaska  5) Bhardwaj Shanthanu - Chicago, Illinois  5) Linda Tanner  7, 9) Alan Vernon - California    8) Rich Leche  
2 - 5) Juvenile




Warbler,_Tennesse  Oreothlypis peregrina  Found: North America to northwest South America
The Tennesse Warbler has olive-green back, gray neck, crown and eye-line; gray-white underside, thin pointy bill. The female is similar to the male, but is duller and has a greener tinge to the underside.
Similar to: Orange-crowned Warbler,_Black-throated Blue Warbler.
Image by:  1) Cephas  2) Don Faulkner - South Carolina   3) Dominic Sherony  4) Jerry Oldenettel - Costa Rico  5)  Gary Yankech - Toronto 
2) Juvenile  3) Female  4, 5) Male



Warbler,_Virginia's   Oreothlypis virginiae  Found: southwest United States, Mexico
Virginia' Warbler has gray upperparts, lighter underparts, white eye-ring, yellow rump and undertail. Male has yellow patch on breast.
Similar to: Colima Warbler,_Lucy's Warbler,_Nashville Warbler. All have white eye-rings. Nashville Warbler is the only one that has a yellow belly and also the only species found east of the Mississippi River. Lucy's Warbler is the only one with white undertail coverts (behind the belly). Adult male Virginia's Warblers have yellow on their breasts, not true for Lucy's.
Image by: 1) Cephas  2 5) Sabine's Sunbird - off San Franciso coast  3) Marcel Holyoak - Arizona  4)Jerry Oldenettel - New Mexico
2) Female  3, 4) Male  5) Nashville Warbler on left, Virginia's Warbler on right




Genus Parkesia

Waterthrush, Louisiana  Parkesia motacilla  Found: east North America to northwest South America, West Indies
The Louisiana Waterthrush has brown back, white underparts streaked with brown to black, white supercilium, and pink legs.
Similar to: Northern Waterthrush. Only subtle differences between the Louisiana Waterthrush and the Northern Waterthush so identification is problematic.
Similar to: Ovenbird. Ovenbird has white eye-ring; Waterthush has dark eye-line.
Image by: 1) Louis Agassiz Fuertes   2) William H. Majoros  3) Gerald_McCollam


Waterthrush, Northern Parkesia noveboracensis Found: North America to north South America, West Indies
Similar to: Louisiana Waterthrush. Only subtle differences between the Louisiana Waterthrush and the Northern Waterthush so identification is problematic.
Similar to: Ovenbird. Ovenbird has white eye-ring; Waterthush has dark eye-line.
Image by: 1) Laura Gooch  2) Cephas   3) Kelly Azar - Pennsylvania   4) Dick Daniels - Jamaica   5) Dick - Quito, Ecuador




Genus Protonotaria - 1 species

Warbler,_Prothonotary Protonotaria citrea Found: east North America to northwest South America
The Prothonotary Warbler has an olive back, blue-grey wings and tail, yellow underparts, a relatively long pointed bill and black legs. The adult male has a bright orange-yellow head; females and are duller and have a yellow head
Image by: 1) Cephas  2) Curtzsi 3) Laura_Gooch   4) Dave_Inman - Pennsylvania    5, 6) Dick Daniels - the Carolinas  




Genus Seiurus - 1 species

Ovenbird  Seiurus aurocapilla  Found: North America, north South America
The Ovenbird has olive-brown upperparts, white underparts heavily streaked with black, white eye-ring, black stripe below the cheek, orange feathers with olive-green tips on top of their head bordered on each side with blackish-brown,  dark eyes, pinkish legs.  The name comes from the oven-like nests that are created.
Similar to: Louisiana Waterthrush, Northern Waterthrush. Ovenbird has white eye-ring; Waterthush has dark eye-line.
Similar to: Wood Thrush. Ovenbird has stripes on breast; Wood Thrush has spots on breast.
Image by: 1) Cephas  2)  Dominic Sherony   3) New Jersy Birds  4) Dick Daniels - Jamaica  5, 6, 7) Dick - Butterfly World, Florida



Genus Setophaga
Many of these species were formerly in genus Dendroica. The males in breeding plumage are often boldly marked,

Parula, Northern  Setophaga americana   Found: east North America to Nicaragua, West Indies
The Northern Parula has mainly blue-gray upperparts with a greenish back patch, two white wing bars, yellowish breast, white belly, white eye crescents. Summer male has bluish and rufous breast bands, female lacks breast bands. Non breeding birds are duller.
Similar to: Tropical Parula. Northern Parula has white eye-arcs, Tropical Parula does not.
Image by: 1, 2) Dan Pamaco - Texas  3) New Jersy Birds   4) Dick Daniels - North Carolina  
1) Male  2, 3, 4) Female


Parula, Tropical  Setophaga pitiayumi   Found: southwest United States to South America
The Tropical Parula has a greenish back patch, two white wingbars, yellowish underparts, The male has a black patch from the bill to behind the eye. Females are slightly duller than the males and lack black on the head.
Similar to: Northern Parula. Northern Parula has white eye-arcs, Tropical Parula does not.
Image by: 1) Dario Sanches - Brazil  2) Cristiano Crolle - Esteros del Iberà, Argentina   3, 4) Cláudio Timm - Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil


Redstart, American  Setophaga ruticilla Found: North America, north South America, West Indies
The male American Redstart has blue-black back, head, throat and breast; orange breast sides, white belly. The female has gray head, gray to green back, gray head, white underparts, yellow breast sides.
Image by:   1, 2) Dick Daniels - New Jersey   3, 4) Dick - Jamaica   5) Dan Pancamo  6) Dominic Sherony 
1 - 4) Female 5, 6) Male



Warbler,_Arrowhead  Setophaga pharetra  Found: Jamaica
The Arrowhead Warbler has mainly dark gray-brown plumage; densely streaked with black upperparts, head, breast; white belly,
Image by: 1) Cephas  2) Rhys Marsh  3) Ron Knight


Warbler,_Bahama  Setophaga flavescens  Found: Grand Bahama, Little Abaco, great Abaco
Image by: 1, 2) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Bruce_Hallett, Alex_Hughes


Warbler,_Barbuda  Setophaga subita  Found: island of Babuda in eastern Caribbean
Image by: 1) Cephas  2, 3, 4) Josh Noseworthy


Warbler,_Bay-breasted   Setophaga castanea  Found: North America to southwest South America
The Bay-breasted Warbler has whitish underparts and two white wing-bars. A breeding male has gray back, black face; chestnut crowns, flanks and throats.  A breeding female has grayish upperparts, chestnut markings on small flank patches, Non-breeding birds have greenish heads, greenish upperparts and yellowish breasts.
Similar to: Blackpoll Warbler. Nonbreeding Bay-breasted Warblers and nonbreeding Blackpoll Warblers are similar. The Blackpoll Warbler has stripes on its breast, the Bay-breasted does not.
Image by: 1) Dan Pancamo  2) William Majoros  3)  Mdf - Ontario, Canada   4) Laura Gooch - Ohio
1) Juvenile or female  2) Breeding female  3, 4) Breeding male


Warbler,_Blackburnian  Setophaga fusca  Found: The Americas
The Blackburnian Warbler has whitish underparts tinged with yellow and with black stripes; white wing-bars. Breeding male has dark gray back, yellowish rump, dark brown crown, orange yellow sides of head with black face patches, orange throat, wingbars are an indistinct blur. Nonbreeding male has duller sides of head, two distinct wingbars. Breeding female similar to breeding male but less yellow about head and lighter face patches, 2 board wingbars. Nonbreeding female has thinner wingbars.
Image by: 1) Kelly_Azar  2) Dominic Sherony  3) Ashley_Tubbs   4) Petroglyph  5) Laura Gooch  6) Aaron_Maizlish - CA 
1, 2) Female  3 - 6) Male



Warbler,_Blackpoll  Setophaga striata  Found: The Americas
The Blackpoll Warbler has 2 white wing bars and pink legs. Breeding males have dark-streaked brown backs, white faces, black crowns, white underparts with black streaks. Breeding females resemble washed-out versions of breeding males,Their crowns and faces are shades of gray. Nonbreeding birds have greenish heads, dark-streaked greenish upperparts and yellowish breasts.
Similar to
: Bay-breasted Warbler. Nonbreeding Bay-breasted Warblers and nonbreeding Blackpoll Warblers are similar. The Blackpoll Warbler has stripes on its breast, the Bay-breasted does not.
Image by:   1) Bill Lynch - New Jersey  2) Len Blumin - California  3) Kelly Azar - Pennsylvania   4) Cephas - Quebec, Canada  5) Ken Schneider - Florida
1, 2, 3) Nonbreeding  4, 5) Breeding males



Warbler,_Black-throated Blue    Setophaga caerulescens   Found: North America, Caribbean
The male Black-throated Blue Warbler has black face and cheeks; deep blue upperpart sides; white underpart center. The female is olive-brown above and light yellow below.
Warbler's with black throats: Black-throated Gray Warbler,_Black-throated Green Warbler,_Golden-cheeked Warbler,_Golden-winged Warbler,_Hermit Warbler,_Hooded Warbler,_Townsend's Warbler
Image by: 1) Cephas  2) Champagne for Monkeys - Nova Scotia   3) Ken Schnieder - Florida   4, 5, 6, 7) Dick Daniels - Jamaica    8) US Fish and Wildlife_Service 8) New Jersy Birds 
2 - 5) Female  6 - 9) Male  




Warbler,_Black-throated Gray  Setophaga nigrescens  Found: North America
The Black-throated Gray Warbler has gray back, white underparts, yellow square in front of eye, black crown stripe, white stripe above the eye, black stripe below the eye, then more white. The male has a black throat.
Warbler's with black throats: Black-throated Blue Warbler,Black-throated Green Warbler,_Golden-cheeked Warbler,_Golden-winged Warbler,_Hermit Warbler,_Hooded Warbler,_Townsend's Warbler
Image by: 1) Dominic Sherony  2, 3) Matt Knoth


Warbler,_Black-throated Green Setophaga virens Found: The Americas
The Black-throated Green Warbler has olive-green crown, yellow face with olive markings, thin pointed bill, 2 white wing bars, olive-green back, pale underparts with black streaks on the flanks. Male has a black throat and upper breast. Female has pale throat and black markings on their breast.
Similar to
: Golden-cheeked Warbler. Black-throated Green has a green back, Golden-cheeked has a black back (except the juvenile has a green back).
Warbler's with black throats: Black-throated Blue Warbler,_Black-throated Gray Warbler,_Golden-cheeked Warbler,_Golden-winged Warbler,_Hermit Warbler,_Hooded Warbler,_Townsend's Warbler
Image by:  1) Vicki DeLoache - Georgia  2) Jerry Oldenettel - New Mexico  3, 4) Dan Pancamo     5) Amy McAndrews - Mexico  6) Dick Daniels - Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina
1) Male 1, 2, 3) Female 4) Male



Warbler,_Cape May  Setophaga tigrina  Found: The Americas
The Cape May Warbler has brown back, yellow underparts with black streaks, yellowish rump, brown crown, yellow throat and nape, black eye-line, narrow white wing bar. The breeding male has a distinctive chestnut eye mark.
Similar to: Blackburnian Warbler. The difference is relatively obvious.
Similar to: Palm Warbler. Cape May Warbler is white under tail, Palm Warbler is yellow.
Image by: 1, 2, 3) Dick Daniels - Blue Mountains, Jamaica    4) Kelly Azar - Pennsylvania  5) US Fish and Wildlife Service  6) Dominic Sherony  
1, 2, 3, 4) Female  5, 6) Male



Warbler,_Cerulean   Setophaga cerulea  Found: North America, north South America
The Cerulean Warbler has 2 wing bars and a thin pointed bill. Adult male has cerulean blue upperparts, white underparts, black necklace across breast, black streaks on back and flanks. Females and immature birds have grayer or greenish upperparts, stripe over the eye, no streaking on the back, no necklace.
Image by: 1) Cephas  2) Dan Irizarry- Florida  3) Mdf - Ontario  4)  Chris Livingston - Massachusetts  5) John Harrison - Massachusetts 
2) Female  3, 4, 5) Male



Warbler,_Chestnut-sided  Setophaga pensylvanica Found: North America, north South America (occasional)
The Chestnut-sided Warbler has white underparts, green to yellowish crown, white face, 2 white wing bars, dark eyes, dark legs, Breeding male has dark-streaked gray back tinged with yellow, black spot below eye and black eye-stripe, chestnut flanks. Nonbreeding male has white eye-ring, chestnut flanks, no black spot below eye. Female lacks the strong head pattern, have little to no chestnut coloring on their flanks.
Image by: 1) Cephas 2) Bill Bouton - California  3) Kelly Azar - Delaware  4) Mdf - Ontario 5) Chephas - Quebec 6) Laura Gooch - Tennessee 7) Rick Harris - Ontario 8) William Majoros - Ohio 
2, 3) Juvenile  3) Female  5 - 8) Male


Warbler,_Elfin-woods  Setophaga angelae  Found: Puerto Rico
The Elfin-woods Warbler has black-and-white upperparts; whitish underparts with black streaks; incomplete white eye-rings;
Image by: 1, 2, 3) Mike Morel, USFWS


Warbler,_Golden  Setophaga (petechia) petechia Found: mangrove swamps of the West Indies
Closely related: Mangrove Warbler. Considered as Setophaga erithachorides or Setophaga petechia erithachorides.
Closely related: Yellow Warbler. Considered as Setophaga aestiva or subspecies Setophaga petechia aestiva.
Image by: Image by: 1, 2) Dick Daniels - Virgin Islands  3) Dominic Sherony - Jamaica


Warbler,_Golden-cheeked   Setophaga chrysoparia   Found: southwest United States, Mexico and Central America
The Golden-cheeked Warbler has black back, nape, crown, throat, yellow cheeks, black eye-line.
Similar to: Black-throated Green Warbler. Black-throated Green has a green back, Golden-cheeked has a black back (except the juvenile has a green back).Warbler's with black throats: Black-throated Blue Warbler,_Black-throated Gray Warbler,_ Black-throated Green Warbler,_Golden-winged Warbler,_Hermit Warbler,_Hooded Warbler,_Townsend's Warbler
Image by:   1) Steve Maslowski, USFWS  2) Vince Smith - Texas  3) Mike Baranski - Texas


Warbler,_Grace's   Setophaga graciae   Found: North America
Grace's Warbler has gray upperparts with black streaks on back and flanks, two white wing bars, yellow throat and breast, white belly, black eye-line; yellow "eyebrow" that fades to white behind the eye.
Similar to Yellow-throated Warbler. Yellow-throated Warbler has more black around its cheek than Grace's Warbler.
Image by: 1) Cephas   2)  Marcel Holyoak - Arizona  3) Jerry Oldenettel - New Mexico  4) Tom_Benson - Colorado


Warbler,_Hermit   Setophaga occidentalis   Found: west North America to Nicaragua
The Hermit Warbler has dark gray back, 2 white wing bars, yellow head, white underparts. Males have black throats, females have much less black on their throat, immature birds have no black throat.
Warbler's with black throats: Black-throated Blue Warbler,_Black-throated Gray Warbler,_Black-throated Green Warbler,_Golden-cheeked Warbler,_Golden-winged Warbler,_Hooded Warbler,_Townsend's Warbler
Image by: 1) Cephas  2) Bill Bouton - California 3) Frode Jacobsen - Oregon  4) Marcel Holyoak - California   5) Amy McAndrews - Mexico
2) 1st fall Female  3, 4) Male  5) Hermit - Townsend's hybrid.



Warbler,_Hooded   Setophaga citrina  Found: Eastern USA and Central America
The Hooded Warbler has plain green-brown back, yellow underparts and face. Male has black hood which surrounds the face; female has an olive-green cap which does not extend to the forehead.
Warbler's with black throats: Black-throated Blue Warbler,_Black-throated Gray Warbler,_Black-throated Green Warbler,_Golden-cheeked Warbler,_Golden-winged Warbler,_Hermit Warbler,_ Townsend's Warbler
Image by: 1) Cephas  2) Vickie DeLoach - Georgia  3) Dawn Scranton  4) Mitchmcc - Florida  5, 6) New Jersy Birds 
2, 3) Female 4, 5, 6) Male



Warbler,_Kirtland's  Setophaga kirtlandii Found: North America
The Kirtland's Warbler has bluish-brown upper body parts with dark streaks on the back, yellow underparts, streaked flanks, broken white eye rings. Females and juveniles are browner on the back.
Image by: 1) Dominic Sherony   2, 5) Paul Hurtago - Ohio  Laura Gooch - Ohio  4) Bill Majoros
1, 2) Female  3, 4, 5) Male



Warbler,_Magnolia  Setophaga magnolia  Found: North America to Panama
The Magnolia Warbler has gray crown, 2 white wing bars which may merge into white patch, yellow throat. Breeding male has white, gray, and black back, yellow flanks, yellow underparts with bold black stripes, white above and behind eyes, black face mask. Nonbreeding male has geenish back, yellow underparts with faint stipes, no face mask. Females similar to males, but duller coloration.
Similar to: Prairie Warbler. Magnolia Warbler has darker back and tail. Magnolia Warbler also has white wing-bars.
Image by: 1) Vickie Deloache - Georgia  2) Dick Daniels - Franklin, North Carolina    3) Larry Meade - Virginia   4) Bhardwaj Shanthanu - Chicago, Illinois   5)  William Majoros - Ohio  
1, 2) Juvenile    3, 4) Female   5) Male



Warbler,_Mangrove  Setophaga (petechia) erithachorides Found: mangrove swamps of coastal Middle America and northern South America
Closely related: Golden Warbler. Considered as Setophaga petechia or subspecies Setophaga petechia petechia.
Closely related: Yellow Warbler. Considered as Setophaga aestiva or subspecies Setophaga petechia aestiva.
Image by: 1) Laura Gooch - Galapagos Islands  2) PutneyMark - Galapagos Islands  3) Dick Daniels - Galapagos Islands
1) Breeding male


Warbler,_Olive-capped  Setophaga pityophila  Found: Cuba, Bahamas
The Olive-capped Warbler has gray upperparts; olive cap; yellow throat, upper breast; two white wingbars.
Image by: 1) Cephas  2) Jerry Oldenettel - Cuba   3) Francesco Veronesi - Cuba


Warbler,_Palm Setophaga palmarum Found: North America to Nicaragua
The Palm Warbler wags its tail. The Palm Warbler has a brown type and a yellow type. The breeding yellow type has a yellow belly; the breeding brown does not. The nonbreeding yellow type has some yellow on its eyebrow.
Similar to: Prairie Warbler. Adult Prairie Warbler has bolder black stripes on sides than does adult Palm Warbler. Juvenile Prairie Warbler lacks black side stripes and my be confused with the yellow type of nonbreeding Palm Warbler,_but juvenile Prairie has more white around the eyes.
Similar to: Yellow-rumped Warbler. Nonbreeding Pine Warbler has eye-line; Yellow-rumped Warbler does not have eye-line.
Image by:   1) MPF  2) Seabamirum - New Jersey   3, 4, 7) Dick Daniels - Florida  5) Dick - North Carolina   6) NeBirdsPlus    8) A Drauglis Furnituremaker - Florida  9) Matthew Hoelscher  10, 11) Kelly Azar - Pennsylvania
2 - 5) Brown nonbreeding  6, 7) Yellow nonbreedeing 8, 9) Brown breeding  10, 11) Yellow breeding



Warbler,_Pine
Setophaga pinus Found: North America, Caribbean
The Pine Warbler has 2 white wing bars. Male has olive upperparts, yellow throat and breast, yellow often extends to upper belly, lower belly is white.  Female has duller coloration and may be grayish brown.
Similar to: Yellow-throated Vireo. The Yellow-throated Warbler has brighter yellow eye-ring. The male Pine Warbler has streaked yellow breast and not as much white on its belly.
Image by: 1) Ken_Thomas  2) Dominic Sherony - Michigan  3, 8, 9) Dick Daniels - North Carolibna   4, 5) Vicki DeLoach - Georgia    6) Ken Thomas - North Carolina 7) Ken Schneider - Florida 
1) Juvenile   2) Female




Warbler,_Plumbeous  Setophaga plumbea  Found: Dominica, Guadeloupe
The male Plumbeous Warbler has mainly dark gray plumage; white supercilium, eye-arck wingbars. Female simialr with greenish wash to plumage.
Image by: 1) Cephas  2) John Mittermeier - Dominica


Warbler,_Prairie  Setophaga discolor   Found: North America, Caribbean
The Prairie Warbler has olive upperparts with rusty streaks on the back, yellow underparts, dark streaks on the flanks, yellow line above the eye, a dark line through it, and a yellow spot below it. Coloring is duller in female and immatures.  
Similar to: Magnolia Warbler. Magnolia Warbler has darker back and tail. Magnolia Warbler also has white wing-bars.
Similar to: Palm Warbler. Adult Prairie Warbler has bolder black stripes on sides than does adult Palm Warbler. Juvenile Prairie Warbler lacks black side stripes and my be confused with the yellow type of nonbreeding Palm Warbler,_but juvenile Prairie has more white around the eyes.
Image by:  1) Cephas  2) Linda Tanner  3) Ken Schneider - Florida female  4) Bill Lynch - New Jersey   5) Wolfgang Wander   6) Steve Maslowski, USFWS   7) Andy_Morffew    8) New Jersy Birds 
2) Juvenile  3,4) Female  5, 6, 7) Male 


Warbler,_Saint Lucia  Setophaga delicata  Found: Saint Lucia (in Caribbean)
The Saint Lucia Warbler has gray upperparts; yellow forehead, underparts; yellow cresent below the eyes; black eye-line; white under tail.
Similar to: Adelaide's Warbler. Range of Adelaide's Warbler and Saint Lucia Warbler do not overlap.
Image by: 1) Cephas 2) Ross Tsai  3) Marcel_Holyoak  4) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Knut_Hansen


Warbler,_Townsend's  Setophaga townsendi  Found: North America
The Townsend's Warbler has olive upperparts with black streaks on their backs and flanks, white wing bars, yellow face with a black stripe across their cheeks, thin pointed bill, white belly. Adult male has black cap, black throat, yellow lower breast; female has dark cap,yellow throat. Immature birds similar to females with a dark green cap and cheeks.
Warbler's with black throats: Black-throated Blue Warbler,_Black-throated Gray Warbler,_Black-throated Green Warbler,_Golden-cheeked Warbler,_Golden-winged Warbler,_Hermit Warbler,_Hooded Warbler
Image by: 1) Alan Vernon  2) Slodocent  3) Greg7  4) Maggie Smith


Warbler,_Vitelline  Setophaga vitellina  Found: Cayman Islands, Swan Islands of Honduras
Image by: 1) Cephas  2) P_Khoo  3) Rockrosa - Cayman Islands  Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Onlie - Judd_Patterson


Warbler,_Yellow  Setophaga (petechia)  aestiva Found: The Americas
The (Northern) Yellow Warbler breeds in the whole of temperate North America as far south as central Mexico in open, often wet, woods or shrub. It is migratory, wintering in Central and South America.
Closely related: Golden Warbler. Considered as Setophaga petechia or subspecies Setophaga petechia petechia.
Closely related: Mangrove Warbler. Considered as Setophaga erithachorides or Setophaga petechia erithachorides.
Similar to: Wilson's Warbler. Yellow Warbler has yellow edges to the wings which distinguishes it from female Wilson's Warbler.
Image by: 1) Fred Deines, USFWS - Alaska  female  2) Mdf - Ontario male  3) New Jersy Birds    4)Laura Gooch - Ohio  5, 6) Dick Daniels - Panama City, Panama
1) Female   2, 3, 4) Male  



Warbler,_Yellow-rumped, Audubon's Setophaga coronata auduboni Found: North America, West Indies
Similar to: Palm Warbler. Nonbreeding Pine Warbler has eye-line; Yellow-rumped Warbler does not have eye-line.
Similar to: Yellow-rumped Warbler,_Myrtle. Same species, different race. Yellow throat versus white throat.
Image by: 1) Cephas  2, 3) Maggie Smith - California 4) Mike Baird - California   5) Dick Daniels - California  5 7) Dick - Wyoming



Warbler,_Yellow-rumped, Myrtle Setophaga coronata coronata  Found: North America
Similar to: Yellow-rumped Warbler,_Audubon's. Same species, different race. Yellow throat versus white throat.
Image by: 1, 2) Cephas - Quebec  3) Kelly Azar - Pennsylvania 4) Mdf - Ontario 5) Dick Daniels - Oak Island, North Carolina   6) Manjith Kainickara - Ontario 7) Len Blumin - California  8, 9 10) Dick - North Carolina




Warbler,_Yellow-throated  Setophaga dominica  Found: North America to Costa Rica, Caribbean
The breeding male Yellow-throated Warbler has gray upperparts and wings, white wing bars, yellow throat and uppper breast, rest of underparts are white, flanks are streaked with black, head strongly patterned in black and white, long supercilium.  Females, immatures and non-breeding males have less crisply defined head pattern, duller yellows, lighter blacks.
Similar to Grace's Warbler. Yellow-throated Warbler has more black around its cheek than Grace's Warbler.
Image by: 1) Cephas  2) Seabrooke Leckie 3) Phil Brown 4) Shell Game - Florida 5) New Jersy Birds




Genus Vermivora

Warbler,_Blue-winged   Vermivora cyanoptera  Found: North America to Panama
The blue-winged Warbler has yellow upperparts and underparts. gray wings, white wing bars, black eye stripe. Females are duller, but otherwise similar.
Similar to: Golden-winged Warbler. The Blue-winged Warber and Golden-winged Warbler are closely related. Their ranges are very similar and they often form hybirds.
Image by: 1) Joseph Pescatore  2) Wwcsig - New York  3) Jamie_Chavez  4) Brian McClure   5)  Linda Ruth  6) Richard Sieemann - Ohio  
5) Lawrences's Warbler (Blue-winged Golden-winged cross)  6) Brewster's Warbler (Blue-winged Golden-winged cross) 



Warbler,_Golden-winged   Vermivora chrysoptera  Found: east North America to northwest South America
The Golden-winged Warbler has grayish white underparts, white under the tail, long slender bill. The male has black throat, black ear patch bordered in white, yellow crown, yellow wing patch. Females are similar, but the black is replaced with light gray.
Similar to: Blue-winged Warbler. The Blue-winged Warber and Golden-winged Warbler are closely related. Their ranges are very similar and they often form hybirds.
Warbler's with black throats: Black-throated Blue Warbler,_Black-throated Gray Warbler,_Black-throated Green Warbler,_Golden-cheeked Warbler,_ Hermit Warbler,_Hooded Warbler,_Townsend's Warbler
Image by: 1) Cephas  2) Andy Jones - Ohio 3) Big Dipper - Missouri  4) Champagne for monkeys - North Carolina  5) Amy McAndrews - Ontario
2) Female 3, 4, 5) Male







New World WARBLERs

Order Passeriformes    Family Peucedramidae - 1 Genus

Genus Peucedramus - 1 species

Warbler,_Olive   Peucedramus taeniatus   Found: southwest United States, Central America
The Olive Warbler has mostly gray upperparts and lowerparts, some olive-green on the wings, two white wing bars. The male has orange head and breast, black patch through the eye. In the female and juvenile, the orange is replaced by yellow, and the black mask is more diffuse.
Image by: 1) Tony Morris - Arizona  2) Mark Watson - Arizona  3) Amy McAndrews - Mexico  4) Nick Athanas - Mexico







Order Passeriformes    Family Phaenicophilidae

The members of this family were previously placed in the Parulidae family. There is still no consensus where they belong.

Genus Microligea

Warbler,_Green-tailed  also Green-tailed Tanager   Microligea palustris  Found: Hispaniola
The Green-tailed Warbler has olive-green upperpart; grayish head, throat;incomplete white eye-ring; pale gray underparts.
Image by: 1) Ron_Knight  2) Harpy_Eagle



Genus Xenoligea - 1 species

Warbler,_White-winged  Xenoligea montana   Found: Hispaniola
The White-winged Warbler has olive-green mantle, rump; dark gray head; blackish tail; blackish wings with white patch; white partial eye-ring plus line extending towards bill.
Image by: 1) Ron_Knight  2) Dax_Roman






Order Passeriformes    Family Zeledoniidae

The members of this family were previously placed in the Parulidae family. There is still no consensus where they belong.

Genus Teretistris

Warbler,_Oriente  Teretistris fornsi  Found: Cuba
The Oriente Warbler has medium-gray upperparts, crown, forehead; yellow face, breast, upper-belly; light gray lower-belly;  slightly down-curve bill.
Image by: 1) Cephas  2) John_Gerrard_Keulemans  3) Allan_Hopkins


Warbler,_Yellow-headed  Teretistris fernandinae  Found: Cuba
The Yellow-hooded Warbler has plain gray upperparts; yellow hood; grayish-white underparts.
Image by: 1) Cephas  2) Dominic_Sherony  3) Alan Hopkins



Genus Zeledonia - 1 species

Wrenthrush also Zeledonia    Zeledonia coronata   Found: Costa Rica, Panama
The Wrenthrush has dark olive upperparts; orange-rufous central crown stripe; slate-gray underparts; short tail. It forages mostly on the ground albeit in dense cover, somewhat in the manner of a thrush
Image by: 1) Henrik_Gronvold  2) Gunnar_Pettersson  3) Nick Athanas - Costa Rica






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