Canada warbler
Wilsonia canadensis
Identification Tips:
- Small, insect-eating bird
- Thin, pointed bill
- Yellow spectacles and underparts
- White undertail coverts
- Gray upperparts
- Pink legs
- No white in outer tail feathers
- Adult male has black necklace and black on forehead and around eye;
females and immatures have gray necklaces and foreheads
Similar species:
The adult male Canada Warbler is instantly recognizable with its black
necklace. Females and immatures also have the diagnostic necklace but it is
gray and less noticeable. The combination of gray upperparts, no wing bars
and yellow underparts is unique.