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[[Image:Cape_May_Warbler.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo © by {{user|Doug+Greenberg|Doug Greenberg}}<br />Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas, [[Florida]], April 1990]]
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[[Image:Cape_May_Warbler.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Doug Greenberg<br/>Photographed at Ft. Jefferson, Dry Tortugas, Florida.]]
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;[[:Category:Setophaga|Setophaga]] tigrina
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==Description==
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''Dendroica tigrina''
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The Cape May Warbler is a small New World warbler. It breeds in northern North America across all but the westernmost parts of southern Canada, and into the Great Lakes region and New England. It is migratory, wintering in the West Indies. This species is a very rare vagrant to western Europe.
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==Identification==
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'''Breeding Male''':
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The summer male Cape May Warbler has a brown back, yellowish rump and dark brown crown. The underparts are yellow, streaked black, giving rise to the bird's scientific name. The throat and nape are bright yellow and the face is chestnut with a black eyestripe. There is a narrow white wing bar.
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*Brown back
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*Yellowish rump
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Other plumages are washed-out versions of the summer male, and in particular lack the strong head pattern. The yellowish rump and at least indications of the white wing bar are always present.
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*Dark brown crown
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*Yellow underparts
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Bill sharply pointed.  Male: Face and sides of neck yellow with chestnut auricular patch.  Throat and underparts yellow becoming white on vent and undertail coverts, heavily streaked black on lower throat, chest, and flanks.  Crown, nape, and upperparts olive with black centers, yellowish rump. Wings and tail blackish, edged olive, with whiteish wing panel and white tail-spots.
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*Heavily streaked black on lower throat, chest and flanks
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*Blackish wings and tail edged olive
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*White tail spots
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[[Image:2288IMG 2559capemayfembf.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female<br />Photo © by {{user|Kent|Kent}}<br />[[Minnesota]], [[USA]], June 2004]]
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*White vent and undertail coverts
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*Bright yellow throat and nape
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*Chestnut auricular patch
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*Black eyestripe
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*Narrow white wing bar
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*Sharply pointed bill<br />
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'''Female and Immature'''
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*Washed out versions of breeding male
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*Lack strong head pattern
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*Yellowish rump
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*Weak white wing bars always present
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==Distribution==
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Breeds in [[Canada]] from northeastern [[British Columbia]], southern [[Northwest Territories]] and northern and central [[Saskatchewan]] east to eastern [[Quebec]], [[New Brunswick]], and [[Nova Scotia]]; in the [[United States]] in northern [[Minnesota]], northern [[Michigan]], northern [[Vermont]], northern [[New Hampshire]], most of [[Maine]], and in a very small area in the Adirondacks of [[New York]]. It is migratory, wintering in the [[West Indies]].
  
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These birds are insectivorous, and lay larger clutches in years when Spruce Budworm is abundant. They pick insects from the tips of conifer branches or fly out to catch insects in flight. They also feed on berry juice and nectar in winter, and have, uniquely for a warbler, a tubular tongue to facilitate this.
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Rare to casual vagrant to [[Alaska]] and the western [[United States]]. Accidental vagrant to [[Great Britain]].
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==Taxonomy==
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==Range & Habitat==
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This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.<br />
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Breeds in Northeast North America and winters Caribbean and adjacent coasts of Middle America.
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Formerly placed in genus [[:Category:Dendroica|Dendroica]].
  
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==Habitat==
 
The breeding habitat is the edges of coniferous woodland, especially Black Spruce.
 
The breeding habitat is the edges of coniferous woodland, especially Black Spruce.
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==Behaviour==
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====Breeding====
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They nest in dense foliage near the trunk of a conifer, laying 4-9 eggs in a cup nest.
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====Diet====
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Insectivorous, and lay larger clutches in years when Spruce Budworm is abundant. They pick insects from the tips of conifer branches or fly out to catch insects in flight. They also feed on berry juice and nectar in winter, and have, uniquely for a warbler, a tubular tongue to facilitate this.
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====Vocalisation====
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Usually sings from high perches.<br />
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'''Song''':  Very high and thin; may sound slightly buzzy; four to seven unslurred notes (5/second) ''seet seet seet seet seet'' or slightly lower-pitched, faster, more complex ''seeo seeo seeo seeo seeo'' or ''witse witse witse wit''<br />
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'''Call''':  A very high, hard, short ''te'', or a thin ''sip''.<br/>
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'''Flight call''': a very high, slightly buzzy ''tzew'' or ''tzee'' slightly descending.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug11}}#Avibase
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{{ref}}
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==External Links==
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{{GSearch|"Setophaga tigrina" {{!}} "Dendroica tigrina" {{!}} "Cape May Warbler"}}
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{{GS-checked}}1
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==Nesting==
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Setophaga]]
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Cape May Warblers nest in dense foliage near the trunk of a conifer, laying 4-9 eggs in a cup nest.
 
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==Voice==
 
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Song very high and thin; may sound slightly buzzy; four to seven unslurred notes (5/second) <i>seet seet seet seet seet</i> or slightly lower-pitched, faster, more complex <I>seeo seeo seeo seeo seeo </i> or <I>witse witse witse wit</i>  Call a very high hard, short <I>te</i>.  Flight call a very high, slightly buzzy <I>tzew</i> or <I> tzee</i> slightly descending.
 
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The song is a simple repetition of high tsi notes. This bird usually sings from high perches. The call is a thin sip.
 
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==Identification==
 
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==External Links==
 
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*[http://www.birdforum.net/pp_gallery/showgallery.php?si=Dendroica+tigrina+&x=13&y=7 View more images of Cape May Warbler in the gallery]
 
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[[Category:Birds]]
 

Latest revision as of 20:22, 4 February 2023

Photo © by Doug Greenberg
Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas, Florida, April 1990
Setophaga tigrina

Dendroica tigrina

Identification

Breeding Male:

  • Brown back
  • Yellowish rump
  • Dark brown crown
  • Yellow underparts
  • Heavily streaked black on lower throat, chest and flanks
  • Blackish wings and tail edged olive
  • White tail spots
Female
Photo © by Kent
Minnesota, USA, June 2004
  • White vent and undertail coverts
  • Bright yellow throat and nape
  • Chestnut auricular patch
  • Black eyestripe
  • Narrow white wing bar
  • Sharply pointed bill

Female and Immature

  • Washed out versions of breeding male
  • Lack strong head pattern
  • Yellowish rump
  • Weak white wing bars always present

Distribution

Breeds in Canada from northeastern British Columbia, southern Northwest Territories and northern and central Saskatchewan east to eastern Quebec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia; in the United States in northern Minnesota, northern Michigan, northern Vermont, northern New Hampshire, most of Maine, and in a very small area in the Adirondacks of New York. It is migratory, wintering in the West Indies.

Rare to casual vagrant to Alaska and the western United States. Accidental vagrant to Great Britain.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].
Formerly placed in genus Dendroica.

Habitat

The breeding habitat is the edges of coniferous woodland, especially Black Spruce.

Behaviour

Breeding

They nest in dense foliage near the trunk of a conifer, laying 4-9 eggs in a cup nest.

Diet

Insectivorous, and lay larger clutches in years when Spruce Budworm is abundant. They pick insects from the tips of conifer branches or fly out to catch insects in flight. They also feed on berry juice and nectar in winter, and have, uniquely for a warbler, a tubular tongue to facilitate this.

Vocalisation

Usually sings from high perches.
Song: Very high and thin; may sound slightly buzzy; four to seven unslurred notes (5/second) seet seet seet seet seet or slightly lower-pitched, faster, more complex seeo seeo seeo seeo seeo or witse witse witse wit
Call: A very high, hard, short te, or a thin sip.
Flight call: a very high, slightly buzzy tzew or tzee slightly descending.

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
  2. Avibase

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External Links

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