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Wilson's Warbler (Cardellina pusilla)
Verified source photographMichael WoodruffCC-BY · View source
PRB-0381Passeriformes

Wilson's Warbler

Reinita de Wilson

Cardellina pusilla

Accidental / vagrantIUCN LC · Least Concern

Wilson's warbler (Cardellina pusilla) is a small New World warbler. It is greenish above and yellow below, with rounded wings and a long, slim tail. The male has a black crown patch; depending on the subspecies, that mark is reduced or absent in the female. It breeds across Canada and south through the western United States, and winters from Mexico south through much of Central America. It is a very rare vagrant to western Europe.

FamilyParulidaeNew World Warblers
Puerto Rico occurrenceAccidental / vagrantAvibase inferred core 380
Primary habitatforestsWoodland
Primary dietInvertebrateInvertivore
Average mass8.083333333333334 gGlobal trait estimate
MovementMigratoryInsessorial

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Spectrogram of Wilson's Warbler: song
SpectrogramCardellina pusilla

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Sound recorded by Greg Irving · XC1137912 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Visualization by Stichting Xeno-canto voor Natuurgeluiden.

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Island profile

Catalog scopeAvibase inferred core 380

About the Wilson's Warbler

Wilson's warbler (Cardellina pusilla) is a small New World warbler. It is greenish above and yellow below, with rounded wings and a long, slim tail. The male has a black crown patch; depending on the subspecies, that mark is reduced or absent in the female. It breeds across Canada and south through the western United States, and winters from Mexico south through much of Central America. It is a very rare vagrant to western Europe.

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
forests
Elevation
0–2700 m
Nest
Cup / bowl; Crevice · Ground; Animal / bird nest
Clutch
2–7 eggs
Social behavior
Social / flocking; Pairs / family groups; Singly and pairs; Solitary

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