Canada Warbler

A black "necklace" and yellow eye ring distinguish this species. Length: 14 cm.; weight: 9-13 g. Audio (M. Oberle). Breeds in southern Canada, south through the northeastern states through the Appalachian Mountains. Winters east of the Andes in South America. Accidental in thickets of dry and wet forests of Puerto Rico.

TAXONOMY: PASSERIFORMES; PARULIDAE

References

Arendt, W.J. 1992. Status of North American migrant landbirds in the Caribbean region: a summary. Pp. 143-171 in Ecology and conservation of neotropical migrant landbirds (J.M. Hagan III and D.W. Johnston, eds.) Smithsonian Instit. Press, Washington, D.C.

Bent, A.C. 1953. Life histories of North American wood warblers. Smithsonian Instit. U.S. National Museum Bull. 203. (Reprinted by Dover Press, NY, 1963).

Conway, C. J. 1999. Canada Warbler (Wilsonia canadensis) in The birds of North America (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.). No. 421. The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA.

Curson, J., D. Quinn, and D. Beadle. 1994. Warblers of the Americas: an identification guide. Houghton Mifflin, NY.

Dunn, J. and K. Garrett. 1997. A field guide to warblers of North America. Houghton Mifflin, NY.

Ehrlich, P.R., D.S. Dobkin, and D. Wheye. 1988. The birderÆs handbook: a field guide to the natural history of North American birds. Simon and Schuster/ Fireside, NY.

Oberle, M. W., and J. C. Haney. 1997. Possible breeding range extensions of northern forest birds in northeast Georgia. Oriole 62(3/4):35-44.

Raffaele, H.A. 1989. A guide to the birds of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Princeton.

Raffaele, H.A. 1989. Una guía a las aves de Puerto Rico y las Islas Vírgenes. Publishing Resources, Inc., Santurce, PR.

Raffaele, H.A., J.W. Wiley, O.H. Garrido, A.R. Keith, and J.I. Raffaele. 1998. Guide to the birds of the West Indies. Princeton.

Canada Warbler, Spanish text

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