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[[Image:Hooded_Warbler.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Skean|Skean}} <br />Plum Island, Newburyport, [[USA]] ]]
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[[Image:Hooded_Warbler.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Skean]]
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;[[:Category:Setophaga|Setophaga]] citrina
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''Wilsonia citrina''
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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Photographed: Plum Island, Newburyport, USA.
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[[Image:Hooded Warbler female Lafitte s Nature Preserve Galveston.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female<br />Photo by {{user|Stanley Jones|Stanley Jones}}<br />Lafitte’s Cove Nature Preserve, Lafitte’s Cove Subdivision, Galveston, [[Texas]], [[USA]], April 2018]]
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5 1/2" (14 cm).<br />
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Olive above, yellow below. Male has yellow face, black hood and black throat. <br />
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Female lacks hood or has only a trace of it. Both sexes have white tail spots.
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====Similar Species====
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See [[Bachman's Warbler]].
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==Distribution==
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Eastern [[United States]] from central [[New York]] and [[Connecticut]] south to northern [[Florida]] west to eastern [[Texas]] north to south [[Missouri]], [[Illinois]] and [[Indiana]]; scattered populations north of western part of range.
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Breeds from [[Iowa]], [[Michigan]], and southern [[New England]] south to Gulf Coast and northern [[Florida]]. Winters from [[Mexico]] south to northern [[South America]].
  
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5 1/2" (14 cm). Olive above, yellow below. Male has yellow face, black hood and black throat. Female lacks hood or has only a trace of it. Both sexes have white tail spots. See Bachman's Warbler.
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Accidental vagrant to [[Great Britain]] (2 records).  
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==Distribution==
 
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Breeds from Iowa, Michigan, and southern New England south to Gulf Coast and northern Florida. Winters in tropics.
 
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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[[Image:616 02967fg First Year Hooded Warbler.jpg|thumb|350px|right|First year<br />Photo by {{user|bobsofpa|bobsofpa}}<br />Boy Scout Woods Sanctuary, High Island, [[Texas]], [[USA]], April 2016]]
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This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
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Formerly placed in genus [[:Category:Wilsonia|Wilsonia]].
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
 
Mature, moist forests with luxuriant undergrowth, especially in ravines; also in wooded swamps.
 
Mature, moist forests with luxuriant undergrowth, especially in ravines; also in wooded swamps.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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Nesting: 3 or 4 creamy-white, brown-spotted eggs in a grass-lined nest of dead leaves and plant fibers, placed low in a small tree or shrub. Voice: Clear, ringing tawee-tawee-tawee-tee-o.
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====Action====
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The male is one of the most handsome in the family and, unlike many others, has a loud, penetrating, and very melodious song. Even the female, which is much less strikingly patterned and colored, has conspicuous white tail spots and flirts her tail-like the male-by flashing the white tail patches as she moves about. This species usually ranges at a low level, rarely 10 feet (3 meters) above the ground. Like most members of the family, it is adept at fly-catching.
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Both adults have conspicuous white tail spots, which they flash while moving about.
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====Diet====
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This species usually ranges at a low level, rarely 10 feet (3 meters) above the ground. The also feed by hover-gleaning; also gleans in the understorey. Like most members of the family, it is adept at fly-catching.
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Their main diet consists of insects and spiders.
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====Breeding====
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Nesting: 3 or 4 creamy-white, brown-spotted eggs in a grass-lined nest of dead leaves and plant fibers, placed low in a small tree or shrub.
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====Vocalisation====
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A loud, penetrating, and very melodious song.<br />
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Clear, ringing ''tawee-tawee-tawee-tee-o''.
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'''Song'''<br />
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{{Audio|2023-04-29 1535 Hood warb-bet GrCrFly-NoCar.mp3}}
  
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Recording &copy; by {{user|NJLarsen|NJLarsen}}, Carolina Sandhills NWR, [[South Carolina]],[[USA]], 29 May 2023. The two times the warbler vocalized are about 20 seconds apart. Background species in this recording include [[Northern Cardinal]] and [[Great Crested Flycatcher]].
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug17}}#Avibase
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#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved August 2016)
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#BF Member observations
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
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*[http://www.birdforum.net/pp_gallery/showgallery.php?si=Wilsonia+citrina&x=19&y=2&perpage=24&sort=1&cat=all&ppuser=&friendemail=email%40yourfriend.com&password= View more images of Hooded Warbler in the gallery]
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{{GSearch|"Hooded Warbler" {{!}} "Setophaga citrina" {{!}} "Wilsonia citrina" -"Grey-hooded" -"Gray-hooded" -Plover }}
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[[Category:Birds]]
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{{GS-checked}}1
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Setophaga]] [[Category:Bird Songs]]

Latest revision as of 00:10, 30 June 2023

Photo by Skean
Plum Island, Newburyport, USA
Setophaga citrina

Wilsonia citrina

Identification

Female
Photo by Jones Stanley Jones
Lafitte’s Cove Nature Preserve, Lafitte’s Cove Subdivision, Galveston, Texas, USA, April 2018

5 1/2" (14 cm).
Olive above, yellow below. Male has yellow face, black hood and black throat.
Female lacks hood or has only a trace of it. Both sexes have white tail spots.

Similar Species

See Bachman's Warbler.

Distribution

Eastern United States from central New York and Connecticut south to northern Florida west to eastern Texas north to south Missouri, Illinois and Indiana; scattered populations north of western part of range.

Breeds from Iowa, Michigan, and southern New England south to Gulf Coast and northern Florida. Winters from Mexico south to northern South America.

Accidental vagrant to Great Britain (2 records).

Taxonomy

First year
Photo by bobsofpa
Boy Scout Woods Sanctuary, High Island, Texas, USA, April 2016

This is a monotypic species[1].

Formerly placed in genus Wilsonia.

Habitat

Mature, moist forests with luxuriant undergrowth, especially in ravines; also in wooded swamps.

Behaviour

Action

Both adults have conspicuous white tail spots, which they flash while moving about.

Diet

This species usually ranges at a low level, rarely 10 feet (3 meters) above the ground. The also feed by hover-gleaning; also gleans in the understorey. Like most members of the family, it is adept at fly-catching.

Their main diet consists of insects and spiders.

Breeding

Nesting: 3 or 4 creamy-white, brown-spotted eggs in a grass-lined nest of dead leaves and plant fibers, placed low in a small tree or shrub.

Vocalisation

A loud, penetrating, and very melodious song.
Clear, ringing tawee-tawee-tawee-tee-o.

Song

Recording © by NJLarsen, Carolina Sandhills NWR, South Carolina,USA, 29 May 2023. The two times the warbler vocalized are about 20 seconds apart. Background species in this recording include Northern Cardinal and Great Crested Flycatcher.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Avibase
  3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved August 2016)
  4. BF Member observations

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External Links

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