 Photo: Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center
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TENNESSEE WARBLER (Vermivora peregrina)
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| 4.25 inches. The Tennessee Warbler occurs through almost all of the Northern Boreal Forest during the breeding season and overwinters in the American tropics. The breeding male is olive-green with a broad, conspicuous white band over the eye. The underside is gray-white without streaks. The breeding female has a dark olive-brown crown and a yellow supercilium. The black line through the eye is present and the throat and the rest of the underside is olive-green without streaking. Wing bars are absent. The Tennessee Warbler is found in Aspen and Spruce forest, particularly when the tree species are mixed. The species occurs in a wide variety of wooded areas during migration. Food is insects. The nest is of grasses and usually under a bush or in a moss clump on the ground. The clutch consists of 4 to 7 white eggs with brown spots. This species varies considerably in abundance from year to year. |