| Common Yellowthroat Identification Tips |
| (Credit: U. S. Geological Survey) |
| General
Information - Small, insect-eating bird - Thin, pointed bill - Yellow throat and breast - Brownish flanks - Whitish belly - Olive upperparts - Pink legs - Considerable plumage variation across its range Adult male - Black mask with white upper border - Bright yellow throat Female and immature - Brownish-olive head - Broken white eye ring - Throat and breast not as bright yellow as adult males - Immature males begin to acquire the black mask in the fall Similar species The adult male Common Yellowthroat is instantly recognizable with its black mask. Immature males often have a semblance of the mask. Females and immatures are similar to female and immature Mourning and MacGillivray's Warblers but yellowthroats have whiter bellies and lack a gray hood or olive breast band. |
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