WOOD-WARBLERS

Orange-crowned Warbler, Oreothlypis celata

Family Parulidae (Wood-Warblers)

Size: 5"

Season: Winter

Habitat: Mixed woodlands, brushy thickets

The Orange-crowned Warbler is rather plain, with a relatively long tail and a thin, pointed bill. It is olive green above and brighter yellow below, streaked with olive, and the undertail coverts are solid yellow. It has short, dark eye-lines and thin, pale, broken eye-rings. There is much variation in this species, from brighter forms to grayer forms, and the orange crown patch is rarely visible. Orange-crowned Warblers forage for insects or berries in the undergrowth, and voice a long series of descending staccato tit notes. The adult is illustrated.