Cape May Warbler Photo Gallery
Adult male
Short-tailed warbler with a thin bill and white undertail coverts. Adult males have a distinctive chestnut cheek patch and yellow collar. Black streaks mark the yellow breast and continue down the flanks.
© Keenan Yakola / Macaulay LibraryMaine, May 17, 2017Adult female/immature
Short-tailed warbler with a thin bill and white undertail coverts. Adult females/immature males have a grayish cheek patch, an olive-gray crown, and a paler yellow collar and breast. The breast streaking is also paler.
© Jeremiah Trimble / Macaulay LibraryMaine, October 04, 2018Adult male
© Timothy Barksdale / Macaulay LibrarySantiago de Cuba, February 26, 2004Not all videos have soundFemale
Females have a grayish cheek patch, an olive-gray crown, and a paler yellow collar and breast. The streaking on the breast is paler and not as crisp and the streaking on the back is absent.
© Ryan Schain / Macaulay LibraryMassachusetts, May 20, 2020Immature female
Immature females are grayish overall with blurry streaking down the flanks and thin white wingbars.
© Evan Lipton / Macaulay LibraryMassachusetts, September 14, 2016Adult female/immature male
© Eric Liner / Macaulay LibrarySantiago de Cuba, April 16, 2007Not all videos have soundFemale/immature male
© Jay McGowan / Macaulay LibraryNew York, August 27, 2012Not all videos have soundAdult female/immature
Adult females/immature males have a grayish cheek patch, an olive-gray crown, and a paler yellow collar and breast. The breast streaking is also paler. Note white undertail coverts.
© Ryan Schain / Macaulay LibraryMassachusetts, May 20, 2020Male
© Timothy Barksdale / Macaulay LibrarySantiago de Cuba, February 01, 2004Not all videos have soundAdult male
Adult males have a distinctive chestnut cheek patch and yellow collar. Black streaks mark the yellow breast and continue down the flanks.
© Jay McGowan / Macaulay LibraryNew York, May 06, 2017Female/immature male
Breeds across the boreal forest of Canada and the northern United States, where it feeds on spruce budworms.
© Jay McGowan / Macaulay LibraryNew York, May 14, 2017Compare with Similar Species
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Species in This Family
New World Warblers(Order: Passeriformes, Family: Parulidae)
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