Wilson's Warbler
Wilsonia pusilla
Description
All plumages are yellow below with yellow-green above and a dark tail. The crown has a black patch which may be reduced in females and hatching year birds. All birds have a yellow eyebrow which stands out on the yellow-olive face.
Habitat
The habitat
of the Wilson's Warbler is broadly defined, but generally this warbler
prefers areas with little or no overstorey or canopy, such as riparian
shrub thickets, bogs, wet willow meadows and second growth areas following
logging.
Song
A series of rapid chip notes.
Similar Species
Yellow Warbler
Comments
A habitual
tail flicker, it nests on the ground or within the base of a bush.
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Distribution
Wilson's Warbler is
a summer resident whose distribution includes the northern Yukon, northwestern
and east-central District of Mackenzie, southern British Columbia including
Vancouver Island, southwestern and east-central Alberta, northwestern and
central Saskatchewan, northern Manitoba, northern and south-central Ontario,
throughout most of Québec, Newfoundland and southern Labrador, New Brunswick
and locally in Tabusintac, locally in Nova Scotia, and is a migrant in Prince
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