Hermit warbler
Hermit warbler | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Parulidae |
Genus: | Setophaga |
Species: | S. occidentalis
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Binomial name | |
Setophaga occidentalis (Townsend, 1837)
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Range of S. occidentalis Breeding range Winter range
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Synonyms | |
Dendroica occidentalis |
The hermit warbler (Setophaga occidentalis) is a small perching bird. It is a species of New World warbler.
Measurements:[2]
- Length: 5.5 inches (14 cm)
- Weight: 0.3–0.5 oz (8.5–14.2 g)
- Wingspan: 7.9 inches (20 cm)
Hermit warblers are dark gray in coloration on top, and white below, and their flanks are streaked with black. The wings have two diagonal white wing bars. The majority of the hermit warbler's head is yellow, and males have a dark black throat, while females have much less black on their throat bib and immature birds have no black throat.
Hermit warblers are common, but incredibly shy, birds that dwell in open coniferous forests. Their summer breeding range is the majority of the west coast of the United States up to Washington. They will sometimes winter in south-west California, but they are migratory and will winter in Central America as far south as Panama.
Nests are neat and cup-shaped, constructed from stems, grass, twigs, and pine needles positioned near the tip of a branch high in a conifer tree. The female will lay between 3 and 5 eggs, which are white in color and heavily spotted with brown and lilac speckles. Other incubation and nesting habits are mostly unknown.
Like most warblers the hermit warbler eats a strict diet of insects and spiders, and can often be found hanging upside-down from the ends of conifer branches, like a chickadee, probing for food.
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Setophaga occidentalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22721686A132146178. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22721686A132146178.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ "Hermit Warbler Identification, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology". www.allaboutbirds.org. Retrieved 2020-09-30.
External links[]
- Hermit Warbler photo gallery VIREO
- Photo-High Res; Article-(Photo gallery with Close-ups) – oceanwanderers.com
[[Category:Birds of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ]]
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Setophaga
- Birds of the United States
- Native birds of the Northwestern United States
- Birds of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
- Birds of Mexico
- Birds of the Sierra Madre Occidental
- Birds of the Sierra Madre Oriental
- Birds of the Sierra Madre del Sur
- Birds of Central America
- Birds of Guatemala
- Birds of El Salvador
- Birds of Honduras
- Birds of Nicaragua
- Birds of Costa Rica
- Birds of Panama
- Birds described in 1837
- Taxa named by John Kirk Townsend