General
Information
- Small, active, insect-eating bird
- Thin, pointed bill
- Faint yellowish supercilium
- Olive upperparts with unstreaked back
- Yellow throat and breast with blurry streaks on sides
- White belly and undertail coverts
- White wing bars
- Dark legs
Adult male
- Bright yellow throat and breast
Female and immature
- Plumage similar to male but duller
- Brownish tinged upperparts
Similar species
The relatively plain face pattern and yellow throat and breast of
the Pine Warbler is somewhat similar to the Yellow-throated
Vireo but the vireo has spectacles and a thicker bill. In Fall,
the plumage is similar to the basic and immature plumages of several
other warblers.
The Blackburnian Warbler
has white streaks on the back and a broader supercilium. Blackpoll
Warbler has yellow legs and feet and a streaked back. Bay-breasted
Warbler also has a streaked back, buffy undertail coverts and
less streaking on the breast. Cape
May Warbler has more streaking across the breast and a pale mark
on the side of the neck. Orange-crowned Warbler has yellow undertail
coverts and lacks wing bars. |