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Yellow-Throated Warbler

setophaga dominica

The Yellow-Throated Warbler is a small, colorful bird that loves to sing sweet songs in the trees. You can find them hopping around in forests and along riverbanks, looking for tasty insects to eat!

Lebensraum: Forests, woodlands, and riverbanks.

Aussehen

The Yellow-Throated Warbler has a vibrant yellow throat and upper breast contrasting with a black mask and blue-gray upperparts. Its white belly is streaked with black on the sides, and it displays two noticeable white wing bars, making it distinct among warblers.

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Yellow-Throated Warbler

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Seltenheit

Common

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Interessante Fakten

Some Yellow-Throated Warblers sing two different songs: one for mates, one for territory!

Their nests are high in tree forks, sometimes decorated with lichen for camouflage!

These clever birds often hunt moving head-first down tree trunks, like tiny woodpeckers!

They can sometimes be seen drinking sap from holes drilled by sapsuckers in spring!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Yellow-Throated Warblers can cling and move head-first down trees, using agile feet to hunt insects in bark crevices.

Yellow-Throated Warblers has a distinctive, clear, descending song that helps them attract mates and defend territory.

Yellow-Throated Warblers can fly thousands of kilometers, because their efficient flight helps them find warm winter habitats.

Maße und Details

Länge: 12-14 cm
Flügelspannweite: 20-22 cm
Gewicht: 0.0085-0.0125 kg
Lebenserwartung: 5-8 Jahre
Top Speed: 40 km/h
Gelegegröße: 3-5
Brutzeit: 10-12 Tage
Zugstrecke: 2500 km

Ernährung und Fütterung

These birds mainly eat tiny insects and spiders they find on tree bark and leaves.

Hauptnahrung

caterpillars
beetles
spiders
ants
flies
some berries

Nahrungssuche

Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

parasitizes

Brown-headed Cowbird

Molothrus ater

Lays eggs in warbler nests, often at the expense of warbler chicks.

hunts

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Accipiter striatus

Preys on adult warblers, especially during migration.

eats

Eastern Tent Caterpillar

Malacosoma americanum

Feeds on larvae of this common forest insect.

eaten by

Eastern Gray Squirrel

Sciurus carolinensis

May raid nests for eggs or young chicks.

Merkmale

Sozial

Soziale Tiere leben in organisierten Gruppen und kooperieren, um ihr Überleben zu sichern, beispielsweise bei der Nahrungssuche, Verteidigung und Aufzucht der Jungen.