Prairie Warbler
The Prairie Warbler, Dendroica discolor, is a small songbird of the New World warbler family.
These birds have yellow underparts with dark streaks on the flanks and olive upperparts with rusty streaks on the back; they have a yellow line above the eye, a dark line through the eye and a yellow spot below the eye. They have black legs, a long tail, pale wing bars and a thin pointed bill. Colouring is duller in female and immatures.
Their breeding habitat is brushy areas and forest edges in eastern North America. The nest is an open cup usually placed low in a tree.
These birds are permanent residents in the southern parts of their range. Other birds migrate to northeastern Mexico and islands in the Caribbean.
They forage actively on tree branches, sometimes flying to catch insects. These birds mainly eat insects.
The song of this bird is a thin high buzz, rising in pitch. The call is a wet tsip.
These birds wag their tail frequently. The numbers of this bird are declining due to habitat loss; this species also suffers from nest parasitism by the Brown-headed Cowbird.
Referenced By
Kirtland's Warbler | List of North American birds: passerines | New World warbler | Parulidae
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