Common Yellowthroat Photo Gallery
Adult male
Small songbird with a round belly and long tail. Males have a black mask and a yellow throat and undertail coverts.
© Ryan Sanderson / Macaulay LibraryIndiana, June 20, 2020Female
Females are brownish above with a yellow throat and breast. The brightness of yellow varies geographically.
© Ryan Schain / Macaulay LibraryMassachusetts, October 19, 2016Immature male
The black mask on immature males is faint and patchy.
© Greg Gillson / Macaulay LibraryOregon, August 17, 2011Immature female
Immature females are pale brownish overall with yellow only on the undertail coverts.
© Matt Davis / Macaulay LibraryCalifornia, September 04, 2016Adult male (chapalensis)
Resident males around Lake Chapala, Jalisco, Mexico have a larger black mask that is bordered by yellow instead of white like Common Yellowthroats farther north.
© Andrew Spencer / Macaulay LibraryJalisco, May 24, 2015Adult male
Small songbird with a round belly and long tail. Males have a black mask bordered by white and a yellow throat and undertail coverts.
© Ryan Schain / Macaulay LibraryMassachusetts, June 08, 2013Female
Females are brownish above with a yellow throat and undertail coverts, the intensity of which varies geographically.
© Davey Walters / Macaulay LibraryMassachusetts, August 18, 2016Adult male
Found in open areas with thick, low vegetation, ranging from marshes to grasslands to open pine forests.
© Zoe Finney / Macaulay LibraryWisconsin, May 22, 2017Female
Spends much of their time skulking low to the ground in dense thickets and fields where they can be difficult to see.
© Tim Lenz / Macaulay LibraryNew York, September 26, 2015Compare with Similar Species
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