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Common Yellowthroat
| Color: |
Black, Yellow |
| Size: |
5" |
| Season: |
Year-round |
| Description: |
Plain olive-brown above. Male has a black mask bordered by a white stripe above and yellow throat below. Female is much plainer with a yellow throat. Both sexes have yellow under the tail. |
| Voice: |
Easily identified by its song wichity wichity wichity wich. Call is a harsh tchat.
Click here to listen |
| Habitat: |
Breed and winter in a wide variety of damp habitats with low, dense vegetation. Swamps, low-lying weedy areas, and the damp, brushy edges of woods attract them. |
| Interesting Fact: |
Brown-headed Cowbirds often lay their eggs in the nests of Common Yellowthroats; rates of parasitism reached 47% in one Michigan study. The warbler has a variety of defenses, including removal of cowbird eggs, abandonment of the nest, and construction of a new nest over the cowbird's eggs. |
| Scientific name: |
Geothlypis trichas |
| Order: |
Passeriformes |
| Family: |
Parulidae |
Male Howard Eskin |
Female Dave Herr |
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