Pine Warbler
Dendroica pinus
Description
Similar in
all plumages is a dark auricular area and a pale coloured throat. Adult
and immature males have unstreaked olive to yellowish-green upperparts
with a yellow breast and throat. Females have brown upperparts and pale
underparts with immature females lacking almost any yellow in their plumage.
Habitat
The Pine
Warbler is a summer residentof solely pine woodlands during the breeding
season. The type of pine found is dependent upon the geographic location.
Pine species include the loblolly, pitch, red and white pines.
Song
The primary
song is described as a simple and rapid musical trill that is similar
to the song of the Chipping Sparrow.
Similar Species
Fall Blackpoll Warbler and Bay-breasted Warbler
Comments
The Pine
Warbler pumps its tail, although not as vigorously and consistently as
the Palm or Prairie Warblers and sluggishly forages high in the trees
for insects by creeping along branches and trunks and by probing into
needle clusters and cones. Within the Dendroica genus this bird
is considered rather large, long-tailed and heavy-billed.
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