Golden-cheeked warbler Dendroica chrysoparia

Identification Tips:

• Length: 4.25 inches
• Small, active, insect-eating bird
• Thin, pointed bill
• White wing bars
• Dark legs
• Range in United States limited to central Texas

Adult male:

• Black crown, back, eyeline, throat and breast
• Yellow face
• White underparts with black streaks on flanks

Female and immature:

• Plumage similar to male
• Upperparts olive with variable amounts of black streaks
• Thoat and breast white with black smudges

Similar species:

The black head, yellow face and thin black eyeline are distinctive in the male Golden-cheeked Warbler. In migration, when other species might be found in the same range, Black-throated Green and Townsend's Warblers typically have darker cheeks without the obvious eyeline of the Golden-cheeked.

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