Helmitheros vermivorum
adult
The Worm-eating Warbler has a striking head pattern but otherwise rather unremarkable plumage. The sexes are similar, as are adults and immatures. All birds have a buffish-brown back, wings, and tail. The head is overall yellow-buff but with a long black eye stripe and a long black line bordering the side of the crown. The underparts, including the throat, are warm buff, most intensely colored on the breast. The legs are pale pink and the bill is relatively long.
The Worm-eating Warbler is present as a breeding species mainly from May to August. It spends the rest of the year in Central America. It is unobtrusive in its habits, typically searching for caterpillars among bunches of hanging dead leaves.
adult
FACT FILE
LENGTH 5.25 in (13.5 cm)
FOOD Invertebrates
HABITAT Deciduous and mixed woodland; often associated with steep slopes and cliffs
STATUS Locally common summer visitor
VOICE Song is a rapid trill. Call is a sharp tsip
