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==Description==
 
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Bill long, stout, and pointed. Head and underparts bright golden yellow to yellow.  Crown washed olive in female.  White undertail coverts.  Upperparts olive with blue-gray rump and uppertail coverts. Wings and tail blue-gray with white basal tail-spots.
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A beautiful golden warbler of the Eastern United States, the Prothonotary Warbler also known as the "Golden Swamp Warbler" is common in wooded swamps and other wet deciduous habitats where it usually forages for insects in the understory. The male is a brilliant golden color with blue-grey wings, the female appears slightly drabber. The song of the Prothonotary warbler is high and clear possessing a metallic quality, ''tsweet, twseet, twseet, twseet''. These Warblers nest in tree cavities and will use a nest box.
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==Range : ==
 
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Breeds southeast North America; winters from the Caribbean coast of Middle America to northern South America.
 
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==Identification==
 
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Photographed at Ledges State Park, Iowa, USA.
 
 
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Protonotaria citrea
Photo by Chaiyan

Description

A beautiful golden warbler of the Eastern United States, the Prothonotary Warbler also known as the "Golden Swamp Warbler" is common in wooded swamps and other wet deciduous habitats where it usually forages for insects in the understory. The male is a brilliant golden color with blue-grey wings, the female appears slightly drabber. The song of the Prothonotary warbler is high and clear possessing a metallic quality, tsweet, twseet, twseet, twseet. These Warblers nest in tree cavities and will use a nest box.

External Links

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