Yellow-rumped Warbler

Dendroica coronata
Warbler family (Parulidae)

Habitat: 
Open forests.

Description:
Large warbler, 5” long.  Gray above with black streaks on back, black wings and tail, white wing bars, black cheeks, yellow rump, yellow patch on side in front of each wing, yellow crown patch, white throat.

Nesting:
Does not nest in this region.

Voice:
Song is a musical trill, often in two-note phrases, “chee chee chee chee cheedle cheedle”.  Call is a loud “tup” or “check”.

Name Origin:
Dendroica:  dendron, Greek for “tree”; oicos, Greek for “inhabit”; coronata, Latin for “crowned” for its yellow crown.

In the Nature Park:
Migratory, present for about a two-week period during spring (late April, early May) and autumn (September, October).  Many species of warblers occur in the Nature Park during migration, but the Yellow-rumped Warbler is the most common and recognizable.  Other migratory bird species that have observed during migration at the Nature Park include:

American Redstart Magnolia Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler Nashville Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler Northern Waterthrush
Blackburnian Warbler Ovenbird
Blackpoll Warbler Palm Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler Prothonotary Warbler
Cape May Warbler Tennesee Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler Wilson's Warbler
Golden-winged Warbler