- Palm Warbler
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Palm Warbler 
"Yellow" Palm Warbler in non-breeding plumage Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Parulidae Genus: Dendroica Species: D. palmarum Binomial name Dendroica palmarum
(Gmelin, 1789)
Western subspecies
The Palm Warbler, Dendroica palmarum, is a small songbird of the New World warbler 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 bogs and edge east of the Continental Divide, across Canada and the northeastern United States. Their nests take the form of an open cup, usually situated on or near the ground in an open area.
These birds migrate to the southeastern United States, the Yucatán Peninsula, islands of the Caribbean, and eastern Nicaragua south to Panama to winter.[2]
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, Prairie, and Palm Warblers are the only Dendroica species that incessantly bob their tails.
Contents
Status and distribution
Vagrancy
Palm Warbler has been recorded as a vagrant to Iceland.[3]
References
- ^ BirdLife International (2004). Dendroica palmarum. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 12 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
- ^ "Palm Warbler". All About Birds. Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology. http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Palm_Warbler.html. Retrieved 2008-10-12.
- ^ Þráinsson, Gunnlaugur (1997) Palm Warbler and Cerulean Warbler in Iceland - new to the Western Palearctic Birding World 10(10): 392-393
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)
- Palm Warbler videos on the Internet Bird Collection
- Palm Warbler photo gallery VIREO
Categories:- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Dendroica
- Birds of Canada
- Birds of the United States
- Native birds of the Southeastern United States
- Birds of the Yucatán Peninsula region
- Native birds of Southern Mexico
- Birds of Central America
- Birds of the Greater Antilles
- Birds of Aruba
- Birds of the Netherlands Antilles
- Birds of Dominica
- Birds of Saint Lucia
- Birds of Nicaragua
- Birds of Panama
- Birds of Costa Rica
- Birds of the British Virgin Islands
- Eastern North American migratory birds
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