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Perching Birds
Magnolia Warbler
Dendroica
magnolia
Description5" (13 cm). Male bright yellow below
with heavy black streaks, black facial patch, large white wing
patch, and yellow rump. Female and immature birds similar, but
duller. Broad white patches on sides of tail in all
plumages.
VoiceWeeta-weeta-weeteo. Call note a
tslip.
HabitatBreeds in open stands of young spruce and
fir. On migration, almost any place with shrubbery or
trees.
Nesting4 brown-spotted white eggs in a shallow
twig-and-grass nest lined with rootlets.
RangeBreeds from British Columbia across central
Canada to northeastern United States, and in Appalachian mountains
south to Virginia. A rare visitor to West Coast. Winters in
tropics.
Discussion This attractive warbler got its name
from the first specimen obtained by the famous ornithologist
Alexander Wilson among some magnolia trees in Mississippi in the
early 1800s. It actually breeds in conifers in the North, but the
name has persisted. The Magnolia is one of the most common warblers
in the Northeast. It regularly forages near the ground in low
bushes.
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