Virginia's warbler
Vermivora virginiae
Identification Tips:
- Small, active, insect-eating bird
- Thin, very pointed bill
- White eye ring
- Gray upperparts
- Grayish underparts with yellowish patch on breast
- Yellow rump and undertail coverts
- Plain gray wings
- Dark legs
- Females and immatures similar to males but somewhat paler and may have
some buff on underparts
Similar species:
Lucy's Warbler is similar but lacks white eye ring and yellow rump and
undertail coverts. Nashville Warbler has yellower underparts and more olive
upperparts. Colima Warbler is larger and darker and its range is restricted
to a small area in Texas.