Golden-cheeked warbler
Dendroica chrysoparia
Identification Tips:
- 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.