The Palm Warbler, Dendroica palmarum, is a small songbird

Songbird

A songbird is a bird belonging to the suborder Passeri of the perching birds . Another name that is sometimes seen as scientific or vernacular name is Oscines, from Latin oscen, "a songbird"...

 of the New World warbler

New World warbler

The New World warblers or wood-warblers are a group of small, often colorful, passerine birds restricted to the New World. They are not related to the Old World warblers or the Australian warblers....

 family.

The species comprises two distinct subspecies that may merit specific status.

"Yellow Palm-Warbler" (D. p. hypochrysea) of the eastern third of the breeding range has brownish-olive upper parts and thoroughly yellow underparts with bold rufous breast and flank streaking. It migrates later in the fall than its western counterpart.

"Western Palm-Warbler" (D. p. palmarum) inhabits the remaining western two-thirds of the breeding range. It has much less yellow below, with less colorful streaking, and cold grayish-brown upper parts.

Palm Warblers breed in open coniferous bog

Bog

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s and edge east of the Continental Divide

Continental Divide

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, across Canada

Canada

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 and the northeastern United States

United States

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. Their nests take the form of an open cup, usually situated on or near the ground in an open area.

These birds migrate

Bird migration

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 to the southeastern United States

Southeastern United States

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, the Yucatán Peninsula

Yucatán Peninsula

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, islands of the Caribbean

Caribbean

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, and eastern Nicaragua

Nicaragua

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 south to Panama

Panama

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 to winter.

Palm Warblers forage on the ground much more than other warblers, sometimes flying to catch insects. These birds mainly eat insects and berries.

The song of this bird is a monotonous buzzy, trill. The call is a sharp chek.

Kirtland's

Kirtland's Warbler

Kirtland's Warbler is a small songbird of the New World warbler family , named after Jared P. Kirtland, an Ohio doctor and amateur naturalist. Nearly extinct just 50 years ago, it is well on its way to recovery. It requires large areas of dense young jack pine for its breeding habitat...

, Prairie

Prairie Warbler

The Prairie Warbler, Dendroica discolor, is a small songbird of the New World warbler family.These birds have yellow underparts with dark streaks on the flanks, and olive upperparts with rusty streaks on the back; they have a yellow line above the eye, a dark line through it, and a yellow spot...

, and Palm Warblers are the only Dendroica species that incessantly bob their tails.

External links

• Palm Warbler - Dendroica palmarum - USGS Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter
• Palm Warbler Information and Photos - South Dakota Birds and Birding
• Palm Warbler Species Account - Cornell Lab of Ornithology
• Stamps (for British Virgin Islands
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• Palm Warbler videos on the Internet Bird Collection
• Palm Warbler photo gallery VIREO