Yellow-Rumped Warbler
(Dendroicacoronate)
Photographed in the wild, Naples, Florida Apr 2008
The Yellow-Rumped Warbler is one of the most common warblers
in North America. Other warblers have dark-streaked, blue-grey upper parts and
bright yellow rump. Head is black with yellow crown, white eye-rings, and faint
eye stripes. Wings are dark with yellow shoulder patches and two white bars.
Tail is dark with white corners. Juvenile resembles female but lacks yellow
crown, shoulder patches, and tail markings.
This is the only warbler able to digest the waxes found in
bayberries and wax myrtles. Its ability to use these fruits allows it to winter
farther north than other warblers, sometimes as far north as Newfoundland.
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