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.