Latest Golden-winged Warbler Stories
The golden-winged warbler – already long gone from Ohio – is disappearing from regions across the nation. UC research promoting the bird’s conservation will be published in a prestigious birding journal. The population of this little, gray songbird with bright yellow patches on its wings and head has been in precipitous decline since 1966. And, as of yet, it remains unprotected by the federal Endangered Species Act of 1973. It’s a dire situation for the warbler, and Ronald...
PORT ROWAN, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - June 21, 2008) - Canada's Environment Minister, John Baird, and Canada's Minister of Citizenship and Immigration and Member of Parliament for Haldimand - Norfolk, Diane Finley, today announced $677,037 in funding to protect wild bird species at-risk, their nests and their habitat. Work will be carried out by Bird Studies Canada, a not-for-profit organization that advances the understanding, appreciation and conservation of wild birds and their habitat in...
Latest Golden-winged Warbler Reference Libraries
The Tennessee Warbler (Vermivora peregrina), is a New World warbler. It breeds in northern North America across Canada and the northern USA. It is migratory, wintering in southern Central America. It is a very rare vagrant to western Europe. This bird was named from a specimen collected in Tennessee where it may appear during migration. The Tennessee Warbler is 4.5 inches long and weighs 8.5 grams (0.3 oz). The breeding male is brown above and white below. The head is gray with a white...
The Golden-winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera), is a species of New World Warbler that breeds in eastern North America in southeastern Canada and the eastern USA. Its range is extending northwards, but in the south it is being replaced by the very closely related Blue-winged Warbler, Vermivora pinus. It is migratory, wintering in southern Central America and the neighboring regions in Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador. This is a very rare vagrant to western Europe, with a single record of a...
The Blue-winged Warbler (Vermivora pinus), is a fairly common New World Warbler. It breeds in eastern North America in southern Ontario and the eastern USA. Its range is extending northwards, where it is replacing the very closely related Golden-winged Warbler, Vermivora chrysoptera. It is migratory, wintering in southern Central America. It is a very rare vagrant to western Europe, with one bird wandering to Ireland. The breeding male Blue-winged Warbler is unmistakable. It is yellow...
The Orange-crowned Warbler (Vermivora celata) is a small songbird of the New World warbler family. They are distinguished by their lack of wing bars, as well as for the streaking on the underparts, strong face marking or bright coloring, resembling a fall Tennessee Warbler. The orange patch on the crown is usually not visible. They have olive-grey upperparts, yellowish underparts with faint streaking and a thin pointed bill. They have a faint line over their eyes and a faint broken eye...
