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Hooded Warbler Wilsonia citrina Reinita Viuda,
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Photo: S. Bentsen
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Hooded Warbler Wilsonia citrina Reinita Viuda,
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Photo: S. Bentsen
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A bright yellow face surrounded by a black hood identify this warbler. A white flash is visible in the tail as it flies. It has the largest eye of any warbler species. Length: 13.3 cm.; weight: 11 g. Younger females do not have complete hoods. The Hooded Warbler has a distinctive, loud chip note, which it frequently gives even in winter. Audio 2 (M. Oberle). Breeds in the eastern USA, and winters primarily from lowland Mexico south to Panamá. Rare in thickets in coastal and dry forests and wetlands in Puerto Rico. As with many other migrant species, it is probably more common in the mountains of Puerto Rico than is generally recognized (e.g. Maricao State Forest, 6 December 1998 and 22 March 1999; Cambalache State Forest, 2 Feb. 2001; Miradero, Mayagⁿez, 20 February 2004). TAXONOMY: PASSERIFORMES; PARULIDAE |
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Photo: A. Sßnchez Mu±oz
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Photo: G. Beaton
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Photo: G. Beaton
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References Arendt, W.J. 1992. Status of North American migrant landbirds in the Caribbean region: a summary. Pp. 143-171 in Ecology and conservation of neotropical migrant landbirds (J.M. Hagan III and D.W. Johnston, eds.) Smithsonian Instit. Press, Washington, D.C. Bent, A.C. 1953. Life histories of North American wood warblers. Smithsonian Instit. U.S. National Museum Bull. 203. (Reprinted by Dover Press, NY, 1963). Curson, J., D. Quinn, and D. Beadle. 1994. Warblers of the Americas: an identification guide. Houghton Mifflin, NY. Dunn, J. and K. Garrett. 1997. A field guide to warblers of North America. Houghton Mifflin, NY. Ehrlich, P.R., D.S. Dobkin, and D. Wheye. 1988. The birderÆs handbook: a field guide to the natural history of North American birds. Simon and Schuster/ Fireside, NY. Evans Ogden, L. J., and B. J. Stutchbury. 1994. Hooded Warbler (Wilsonia citrina). No. 110 in The birds of North America (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.). Acad. Nat. Sci., Philadelphia, PA, and Am. Ornithol. Union, Washington, D.C. Morton, E. S., J. F. Lynch, K. Young, and P. Mehlhop. 1987. Do male Hooded Warblers exclude females from nonbreeding territories in tropical forest? Auk 104(1):133-135. Nagy, L. R., and K. G. Smith. 1997. Effects of insecticide-induced reduction in lepidopteran larvae on reproductive success of Hooded Warblers. Auk 114:619-627. Raffaele, H.A. 1989. A guide to the birds of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Princeton. Raffaele, H.A. 1989. Una guía a las aves de Puerto Rico y las Islas Vírgenes. Publishing Resources, Inc., Santurce, PR. Raffaele, H.A., J.W. Wiley, O.H. Garrido, A.R. Keith, and J.I. Raffaele. 1998. Guide to the birds of the West Indies. Princeton. Next related species in taxonomic order Previous related species in taxonomic order |
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