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| − | [[Image:Prairie_Warbler.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Muskrat <br/>Location: Benton Pennsylvania, Columbia County, USA ]] | + | [[Image:Prairie_Warbler.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Muskrat <br/>Adult male<br/>Location: Benton Pennsylvania, Columbia County, USA ]] |
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | Yellow underparts | + | *Yellow underparts |
| + | *Flanks streaked with black | ||
| + | *Olive upperparts | ||
| + | *Rusty streaks on back | ||
| + | *Yellow supercilium | ||
| + | *Dark eye-line | ||
| + | *Yellow below eye | ||
| + | *Long tails | ||
| + | Females and juveniles are duller | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
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==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | ====Breeding==== | ||
They build nests of open cups, which are usually placed in a low area of a tree or shrub. They forage for insects on tree branches. | They build nests of open cups, which are usually placed in a low area of a tree or shrub. They forage for insects on tree branches. | ||
| − | These birds wag their tail feathers frequently. They suffer from nest parasitism by the [[Brown-headed Cowbird]]. | + | These birds wag their tail feathers frequently. |
| + | ==Discussion== | ||
| + | They suffer from nest parasitism by the [[Brown-headed Cowbird]]. | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
*[http://www.birdforum.net/pp_gallery/showgallery.php?mcats=all&what=allfields&si=Dendroica+discolor+ View more images of Prairie Warbler in the gallery] | *[http://www.birdforum.net/pp_gallery/showgallery.php?mcats=all&what=allfields&si=Dendroica+discolor+ View more images of Prairie Warbler in the gallery] | ||
[[Category:Birds]] | [[Category:Birds]] | ||
Revision as of 22:28, 28 December 2007
- Dendroica discolor
Identification
- Yellow underparts
- Flanks streaked with black
- Olive upperparts
- Rusty streaks on back
- Yellow supercilium
- Dark eye-line
- Yellow below eye
- Long tails
Females and juveniles are duller
Distribution
Eastern North America. Other birds migrate to northeastern Mexico and islands in the Caribbean.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Brushy areas and forest edges.
Behaviour
Breeding
They build nests of open cups, which are usually placed in a low area of a tree or shrub. They forage for insects on tree branches.
These birds wag their tail feathers frequently.
Discussion
They suffer from nest parasitism by the Brown-headed Cowbird.
