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Birdsong field guide

Virginia's Warbler

Leiothlypis virginiae

A small, subtle wood-warbler of the interior Western United States, characterized by its predominantly gray plumage with localized yellow highlights on the breast and rump.

What it sounds like

A loose, colorless musical trill that rises in pitch and ends with a few faster notes; the call is a sharp, metallic 'tink'.

Reference call, compare with what you heard

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Rec. Sue Riffe · United StatesCC BY-NC-SA Xeno-canto

Field notes

It was named in honor of Mary Virginia Anderson, the wife of the army surgeon who first collected the species in 1858.
Unlike many arboreal warblers, it is a ground-nester, concealing its cup-shaped nest in depressions under shrubs or tufts of grass.
The species possesses a rufous crown patch that remains mostly concealed unless the bird is agitated or displaying.
It belongs to a closely related group of 'parulids' that includes the Nashville and Colima Warblers, often distinguished by its lack of green or yellow on the back.
During the breeding season, it is highly dependent on Gambel oak thickets for foraging and cover.

Habitat

Dry, brushy slopes, pinyon-juniper woodlands, and montane mahogany or scrub oak thickets.

Range

Breeds in the Southern Rocky Mountains and Great Basin of the U.S.; winters in southwestern Mexico.

Similar & commonly confused birds

Colima WarblerLeiothlypis crissalis Lucy's WarblerLeiothlypis luciae Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina

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