Swainson's warbler
Limnothlypis swainsonii
Identification Tips:
- Small, insect-eating bird
- Thin pointed bill
- Brown cap
- Pale supercilium
- Blackish eyeline
- Upperparts solidly grayish-brown
- Whitish unstreaked underparts
- Pink legs
- Sexes and ages similar
- Difficult to see inhabitant of the Southeast
Similar species:
The pale supercilium, brown upperparts, and white underparts of the
Swainson's Warbler are more reminiscent of a wren than a warbler. But wrens
tend to carry their tails upright and have a very different shape. The
Worm-eating Warbler has black and buff head stripes and a buffier breast.