Worm-eating warbler
Helmitheros vermivorus
Identification Tips:
- 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.