Worm-eating warbler Helmitheros vermivorus

Identification Tips:

• Length: 4.5 inches
• Small, active, insect-eating bird that often forages in dead leaves
• Thin pointed bill
• Black and buff head stripes
• Buffy breast with whiter underparts
• Upperparts solidly olive-brown
• Pink legs
• Sexes and ages similar in plumage

Similar species:

The bold head stripes on an otherwise plain bird make the Worm-eating Warbler unlikely to be confused with any other warbler.

Length and wingspan from: Robbins, C.S., Bruun, B., Zim, H.S., (1966). Birds of North America. New York: Western Publishing Company, Inc.