| Blue-winged Warbler Identification Tips |
| (Credit: U. S. Geological Survey) |
| General
Information - Small, active, insect-eating bird - Thin, very pointed bill - Yellow head and underparts - White undertail coverts - Black eyeline - Olive nape and back - Blue-gray wings with two white wing bars - Pinkish legs - Females and immatures have paler yellow heads and breasts Similar species The yellow, unstreaked head and underparts and the black eyeline identify the Blue-winged Warbler. The Blue-winged Warbler occasionally hybridizes with the Golden-winged Warbler to produce offspring with characteristics of both parents. Some have mostly white underparts (Brewster's Warbler), while some have the yellow plumage of the Blue-winged but the dark throat of the Golden-winged (Lawrence's Warbler). |
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