Kentucky warbler
Oporornis formosus
Identification Tips:
- Length: 4.5 inches
- Small, active, insect-eating bird frequently found near the ground
- Thin, pointed bill
- Yellow spectacles
- Black forehead
- Black patch below eye
- Entirely yellow underparts
- Olive upperparts
- Pink legs
- Females and immatures have slightly duller face patterns than males
Similar species:
The yellow underparts, olive upperparts and black patch below the eye of
the Kentucky Warbler are superficially similar to the male Common Yellowthroat
but the yellowthroat lacks the yellow spectacles and has a white belly. Other
similar warblers lack the black patch below the eye.
Length and wingspan from: Robbins, C.S., Bruun, B., Zim, H.S., (1966). Birds of North America. New York: Western Publishing Company, Inc.
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