Townsend's Warbler

Dendroica townsendi

Reinita de Townsend

 

 

Audio (M. Oberle)

 
Adult male - Photo: G. Beaton

 

Length: 13 cm.; weight: 9 g. Audio (M. Oberle).

RANGE: Breeds in western North America. Accidental in the West Indies (Bahamas, Turks and Caicos), but may be reported from Puerto Rico eventually.

TAXONOMY: PASSERIFORMES; PARULIDAE

 
   
Adult male -
Photo: G. Beaton

 

Molting male - Photo: G. Beaton

 

Female - Photo: G. Beaton

References

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.

Wright, A. L., G. D. Hayward, S. M. Matsouka, and P. H. Hayward. 1998. Townsend's Warbler (Dendroica townsendi). In The Birds of North America, No. 338 (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.). The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA.

Townsend's Warbler, Spanish text

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