- Dendroica tigrina
Description
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.
Voice :
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. Flight call a very high, slightly buzzy tzew or tzee slightly descending.
Range : ==
Breeds in Northeast North America and winters Caribbean and adjacent coasts of Middle America.
Identification
Photographed at Ft. Jefferson, Dry Tortugas, Florida.
