Yellow-rumped Warbler

Setophaga coronata

✨ Shiny — winter rarity
Winter only — roughly November through March✨ Shiny — winter rarity

The take

The one warbler that spends the winter here — the yellow rump patch flashes as it flies.

How to ID it

  • Bright yellow rump patch with yellow on the sides in all plumages
  • Winter birds paler brown; breeding birds gray with white wing flashes
  • Sallies out to catch insects midair and eats berries in winter flocks

Field marks at a glance

Size
small
Head
gray with black mask (male); brownish in winter
Call
flat check

Where & when

Winter only — roughly November through March

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