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[[Image:Pine_Warbler.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo &copy; by {{user|KC+Foggin|KC Foggin}}<br />Myrtle Beach, [[South Carolina]], September 2017]]
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[[Image:Pine_Warbler.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by KC Foggin]]
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''Dendroica pinus''
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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The Pine Warbler, Dendroica pinus, is a small songbird of the New World warbler family.
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[[Image:7M7A4815.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Immature female<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|David+Roach|David Roach}}<br />[[Wakodahatchee Wetlands]], [[Florida]], December 2018]]
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5 1/2" (14 cm). Unstreaked olive above, with yellow throat and breast; blurry streaking below; white belly; inconspicuous eye stripe; 2 white wing bars. Female and immature similar but duller; often lack yellowish color on breast.
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5 1/2 in (14 cm)
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*Unstreaked olive above
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These birds have white bellies, white wing bars, dark legs and thin, relatively long pointed bills; they have yellowish lines over their eyes. Adult males have olive upperparts and bright yellow throats and breasts; females and immatures display upperparts which are olive-brown. Their throats and breasts are paler.
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*Yellow throat and breast
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*Blurry streaking below
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*White belly
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*Inconspicuous eye stripe
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*Two white wing bars
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Female and immature similar but duller; often lack yellowish colour on breast.<br/>
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Immature's upperparts are olive-brown. Throat and breast are paler.
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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Their breeding habitats are open pine woods in eastern North America.  These birds are permanent residents in southern Florida. Some of them, however, migrate to northeastern Mexico and islands in the Caribbean.
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Eastern [[North America]] from southeastern corner of [[Manitoba]], northern [[Minnesota]], and northern and central [[Wisconsin]] east to [[Pennsylvania]], [[New York]] and New England; scattered throughout much of the midwest; and from eastern [[Texas]] and [[Oklahoma]] east to [[New Jersey]] and south to [[Florida]].  Rare vagrant in the western [[United States]].<br />
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Also found on the [[Bahamas]] and [[Hispaniola]].
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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Formerly placed in genus [[:Category:Dendroica|Dendroica]].
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====Subspecies====
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[[Image:Warbler Pine ND 600 Sig 150 600 lr ps DSC 8546.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo &copy; by the late '''[https://www.birdforum.net/gallery/users/d-taylor.40197/ Donny Taylor]'''<br />Wayne County, [[North Carolina]], November 2019]]
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There are 4 subspecies<sup>[[#References|1]]</sup>:
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*''S. p. achrustera'' - breeds in the [[Bahamas]]
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*''S. p. chrysoleuca'' - breeds on [[Hispaniola]]
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*''S. p. florida'' - breeds in peninsular [[Florida]]
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*''S. p. pinus'' - breeds throughout the n.e. [[United States]] north of peninsular Florida
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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Pine forests
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Pine forests. In migration often found at feeders.
 
==Behaviour==
 
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Their nests are deep, open cups, which are placed near the end of a tree branch. Pine Warblers prefer to nest in pine trees, hence their names.
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====Breeding====
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They build nests deep, open cup shaped, placed near the end of a tree branch, preferably pine trees
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====Diet====
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Includes insects, seeds and berries
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==Reference==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug21}}# Dunn, Jon; Garrett, Kimball. 1997. ''A Field Guide to Warblers of North America''. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. ISBN 9780395783214
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==External Links==
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{{GSearch|"Setophaga pinus" {{!}} "Dendroica pinus" {{!}} "Pine Warbler"}}
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{{GS-checked}}
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They forage slowly on tree trunks and branches by poking their bill into pine cones. These birds also find food by searching for it on the ground. These birds mainly eat insects, seeds and berries.
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Setophaga]]
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The song of this bird is a musical trill. Their calls are slurred chips.
 
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==External Links==
 
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*[http://www.birdforum.net/pp_gallery/showgallery.php?si=Pine+Warbler&perpage=24&sort=1&cat=all&ppuser=&[email protected]&password=&x=0&y=0 View more images of Pine Warbler in the gallery]
 
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[[Category:Birds]]
 

Latest revision as of 19:18, 13 December 2022

Photo © by KC Foggin
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, September 2017
Setophaga pinus

Dendroica pinus

Identification

Immature female
Photo © by David Roach
Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Florida, December 2018

5 1/2 in (14 cm)

  • Unstreaked olive above
  • Yellow throat and breast
  • Blurry streaking below
  • White belly
  • Inconspicuous eye stripe
  • Two white wing bars

Female and immature similar but duller; often lack yellowish colour on breast.
Immature's upperparts are olive-brown. Throat and breast are paler.

Distribution

Eastern North America from southeastern corner of Manitoba, northern Minnesota, and northern and central Wisconsin east to Pennsylvania, New York and New England; scattered throughout much of the midwest; and from eastern Texas and Oklahoma east to New Jersey and south to Florida. Rare vagrant in the western United States.
Also found on the Bahamas and Hispaniola.

Taxonomy

Formerly placed in genus Dendroica.

Subspecies

Photo © by the late Donny Taylor
Wayne County, North Carolina, November 2019

There are 4 subspecies1:

  • S. p. achrustera - breeds in the Bahamas
  • S. p. chrysoleuca - breeds on Hispaniola
  • S. p. florida - breeds in peninsular Florida
  • S. p. pinus - breeds throughout the n.e. United States north of peninsular Florida

Habitat

Pine forests. In migration often found at feeders.

Behaviour

Breeding

They build nests deep, open cup shaped, placed near the end of a tree branch, preferably pine trees

Diet

Includes insects, seeds and berries

Reference

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Dunn, Jon; Garrett, Kimball. 1997. A Field Guide to Warblers of North America. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. ISBN 9780395783214

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External Links

GSearch checked for 2020 platform.

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