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| Dendroica magnolia |
The Magnolia Warbler, Dendroica magnolia , is a New World warbler. It breeds in northern North America in Canada, and into the Great Lakes region and New England.
It is migratory, wintering in Central America. This is a very rare vagrant to western Europe.
The summer male Magnolia Warbler is unmistakable. It has a blackish back and face, white supercilium and graycrown. The underparts and rump are yellow, and there is a black breast band. The flanks are streaked with black and there is a white wing patch.
Other plumages are essentially gray above and yellow below, with the flank streaking reduced or absent, but there are always two white wing bars. Young birds may have a brown back.
The breeding habitat is coniferous woodland. Magnolia Warblers nest in a conifer, laying 3-5 eggs in a cup nest.
These birds feed on insects and spiders, and they will hover while tracking prey.
The song is a musical weety weety wee. The call is a soft ship.
New World Warblers by Curson, Quinn and Beadle, ISBN 0-7136-3932-6Reference