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Worm-Eating Warbler

helmitheros vermivorum

The Worm-Eating Warbler is a small, colorful bird that loves to eat worms! It can be found hopping around in the bushes, singing cheerful tunes.

Lebensraum: They live in forests and woodlands, especially in areas with lots of underbrush.

Aussehen

The Worm-Eating Warbler has a distinctive olive-brown back and creamy underparts. Its head features bold black stripes on a buffy-orange background, and it possesses a slender, pointed bill. This camouflaged bird lacks wing bars or tail spots.

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Worm-Eating Warbler

Kategorie

Vögel

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

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Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Despite its name, caterpillars are often a larger part of its diet than earthworms!

It builds its cup-shaped nest right on the forest floor, cleverly hidden by fallen leaves.

They prefer to nest in dense deciduous forests, often on steep, ravined slopes.

This warbler's song is a distinct, dry, and insect-like trill, unlike many other warblers.

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Worm-Eating Warbler can pry hidden insects and larvae from bark and coiled leaves using its specialized, slender bill.

Worm-Eating Warbler has olive-brown and buffy plumage that allows it to blend almost perfectly into the dappled forest undergrowth.

Worm-Eating Warbler can walk up and down tree trunks and branches like a nuthatch, searching for food.

Maße und Details

Länge: 12-14 cm
Flügelspannweite: 18-22 cm
Gewicht: 0.01-0.015 kg
Lebenserwartung: 3-6 Jahre
Top Speed: 35 km/h
Gelegegröße: 4-6
Brutzeit: 10-12 Tage
Zugstrecke: 3000 km

Ernährung und Fütterung

This small bird mostly eats insects and their larvae found on leaves and bark.

Hauptnahrung

caterpillars
beetles
spiders
moths
insect larvae

Nahrungssuche

Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Red-tailed Hawk

Buteo jamaicensis

A common raptor that preys on small birds.

eaten by

Domestic Cat

Felis catus

Feral and outdoor domestic cats are significant predators.

depends on

White Oak

Quercus alba

Provides habitat and abundant insect prey, especially caterpillars.

eats

Tobacco Hornworm

Manduca sexta

Its larvae are a common food source for the warbler.

Merkmale

Sozial

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