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PRB-0348Passeriformes

Blue-winged Warbler

Reinita Aliazul

Vermivora cyanoptera

Accidental / vagrantIUCN LC · Least Concern

The blue-winged warbler (Vermivora cyanoptera) is a fairly common migratory New World warbler, 11.5 cm (4.5 in) long and weighing 8.5 g (0.30 oz). It breeds in eastern North America in southern Ontario and the eastern United States and winters in southern Central America. Its breeding range is extending northwards, where it is replacing the very closely related golden-winged warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera).

FamilyParulidaeNew World Warblers
Puerto Rico occurrenceAccidental / vagrantAvibase inferred core 380
Primary habitatshrublandsShrub
Primary dietInvertebrateInvertivore
Average mass8.983333333333334 gGlobal trait estimate
MovementMigratoryInsessorial

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Sound recorded by David A. Brinkman · XC1015878 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Visualization by Stichting Xeno-canto voor Natuurgeluiden.

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Catalog scopeAvibase inferred core 380

About the Blue-winged Warbler

The blue-winged warbler (Vermivora cyanoptera) is a fairly common migratory New World warbler, 11.5 cm (4.5 in) long and weighing 8.5 g (0.30 oz). It breeds in eastern North America in southern Ontario and the eastern United States and winters in southern Central America. Its breeding range is extending northwards, where it is replacing the very closely related golden-winged warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera).

Conservation

Least Concern

IUCN LC

Global IUCN
LC
Puerto Rico DNER
No current listing in source crosswalk
Federal ESA
No current listing in source crosswalk
Critical habitat
Not identified in source crosswalk

Natural history

How it lives

Habitat
shrublands
Elevation
0–1500 m
Nest
Cup / bowl · Ground; Grass
Clutch
2–7 eggs
Social behavior
Colonial; Social / flocking; Pairs / family groups

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