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Wilson's Warbler Wilsonia pusilla Reinita de Wilson
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Male - Photo: G. Beaton
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Wilson's Warbler Wilsonia pusilla Reinita de Wilson
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Male - Photo: G. Beaton
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This active, green and yellow warbler has a black cap in the male, while the female has a dark green cap. Length: 12 cm.; weight: 7-8 g. Audio 2 (M. Oberle). It is a small warbler, with a smaller bill than the Hooded Warbler and no white in the tail. Breeds over most of Alaska and Canada, south through the western mountains of the USA. Winters primarily from northern Mexico south to Panamá. Accidental on Mona Island (6 January 1978). TAXONOMY: PASSERIFORMES; PARULIDAE |
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References Ammon, E. M. and W. M. Gilbert. 1999. WilsonÆs Warbler (Wilsonia pusilla). No. 478 in The birds of North America (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.). The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. 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. Kelly, J. F., Atudorei, V., Sharp, Z. D., and Finch, D. M. 2002. Insights into Wilson's Warbler migration from analyses of hydrogen stable-isotope ratios. Oecologia 130:216-221. 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. Yong, W., D. M. Finch, F.R. Moore, and J.F. Kelly. 1998. Stopover ecology and habitat use of migratory WilsonÆs Warblers. Auk 115:829-842. Wilson's Warbler, Spanish text Next related species in taxonomic order Previous related species in taxonomic order |
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