Visual
Identification and Song Types
| Golden-winged Warbler |
| Male: gray
above and white below, often with a slight wash of buff-yellow on nape, back and/or
undersides. Forehead yellow. Distinguished primarily by extensive yellow wing patch and
chickadee-like face pattern, with black eye patch and throat. Female: similar to
the male, but duller. The gray throat patch can be indistinct. Females often have more
yellow on the nape, back and/or undersides than males.
Type I Song: Golden-winged
Warbler (241k)
For more on the Golden-winged Warbler, see the species account
or the Bird of the Week entry for this bird.
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Male Golden-winged Warbler
Female Golden-winged Warbler |
| Blue-winged Warbler |
| Male: bright
yellow crown and underparts, a greenish-yellow back and nape, a blue-gray wing and tail, a
black line through the eye, and two separate, white wing bars often tinged with yellow. Female:
similar to males but have duller yellow and gray; paler wing bars often not as pronounced.
Type I Song: Blue-winged
Warbler (171k)
For more on the Blue-winged Warbler, see the Bird of the Week entry for this bird.
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Blue-winged Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler |
| Brewster's Warbler |
| Male: A hybrid
with white underparts, yellow forehead, gray back, and a black line through the eye. Some
may have yellow on the chest. Wing bars are intermediate between the two parental species. Female:
paler and have more dingy gray on back and yellow on chest than males. |
Brewster's Warbler |
| Lawrence's Warbler |
| Male: A rare
hybrid that has a black throat patch and patch through the eye like the golden-wing.
Forehead yellow. Bright yellow underparts, a greenish-yellow back and nape, and a
blue-gray wing and tail. Female: paler than male, eye and throat patch much less
apparent. |
Lawrence's
Warbler |
References |
