Mourning Warbler

Oporornis philadelphia

13 cm (5") Fairly common. Nests on ground in moist woods, dense undergrowth.

Gray hood.

Male: lack eye ring and may have black on throat and breast. Greenish back and wings. Yellow lower breast, belly, and undertail coverts.

Female: duller and have a thin eye ring.

Secretive and skulky hopping through underbrush. Similar Connecticut and MacGillivray's Warblers have distinctive eye rings.

Song: "chirry, chirry, chorry, chorry".

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Credit: Larry Bond

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Mourning Warbler distribution map
Mourning Warbler distribution map