Hooded warbler
Wilsonia citrina
Identification Tips:
- Length: 4.5 inches
- Small, insect-eating bird
- Thin, pointed bill
- Yellow face and underparts
- Olive upperparts
- Pink legs
- Considerable amount of white in outer tail feathers
Male:
- Black head and yellow face
Female:
- Yellow supercilium
- Olive crown
- Some birds have faint blackish hoods
Similar species:
The male Hooded Warbler is instantly recognizable with its black
and yellow face pattern. Females are similar to female Wilson's Warblers but
Wilson's are smaller and lack white in the tail.
Length and wingspan from: Robbins, C.S., Bruun, B., Zim, H.S., (1966). Birds of North America. New York: Western Publishing Company, Inc.