Field Guide for all the Birds of North America
Golden-winged Warbler
Paruline à ailes dorées
Vermivora chrysoptera
Information, images and range maps on over 1,000 birds of North America, including sub-species, vagrants, introduced birds and possibilities
Species: The Golden-winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera) is more likely to be found in a mix of open areas and second growth trees and usually near a source of water or wet area. Older farmlands where young trees are starting to reclaim the landscape. This warbler is known to hybridize with the Blue-winged Warbler, producing two recognized hybrids known as the "Brewster's Warbler" and the "Lawrence's Warbler". Over a number of years, both hybrids' offsprings, through breeding, will return back to one of the original two bird species. At this time, the Blue-winged Warbler's breeding range is moving farther north into the Golden-winged Warbler's territory.
Distinctions: The male has a bright yellow cap, black cheeks and throat, showing a slight white supercilium, greyish-white malar, breast, gray flanks, back of head, nape and tail. Black wings with a bold yellow wing patch. The female has a similar appearance, except with duller colours, shows two yellow wingbars. The juvenile is similar to female.
Voice: Single call note, song sound like "seeee-bzzzz, repeated over.
Nesting: Three to five white coloured eggs, with brown markings. The nest is usually built at the base of a tree or shrub or in shrubs low to the ground. Composed of rootlets, leaves, moss and lined with fine grasses and hair.
Life, Habitat & Pictures of North American Warblers
| B L | W W | W | Family | Latin Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.75" 12.1cm | 7.5" 19.1cm | 0.35oz 9.9g | Parulidae | Vermivora chrysoptera |
North American Bird Calls
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Distribution: Found from the southern borders of Quebec, north of Lake Huron, south of Lake Superior, west to central Manitoba, south through Ontario, through the eastern states as far as to the northern border of Georgia.
References to Other Bird Sites:
Avibase - the world bird database This site provides the user with a complete list of bird species, broken down per country, or in the example of the US or Canada, per state and province. Here, bird species names are available in other languages, a great asset to be used as a translation of foreign bird names.
ABA - American Birding Association This site represents an organization that maintains official records of all birds species that have been proven to have been seen inside the perimeters of the North American Continent and the surrounding bodies of water. Regular revised versions are posted to keep the bird list current at all times. This is the list used by all serious birders over their lifetime. You may be aware of the movie called the "Big Year". It was with this list that all the competing birders used in an attempt to set a new record as to how many bird species that could be seen by an individual birder in one calendar year.
I hope you will take advantage of these suggested websites. I have used each of them, in one way or another, throughout the years in my quest to better identify and understand our fine feathered friends.
