Stats

Lifespan: Up to 7 yrs
Size: Tiny
Diet: Insectivore
Activity: Diurnal
Social: Flock
Biome: Temperate coniferous forest
Range: North America
Movement: Flight
Breeding: Egg-laying
Defense: Speed
Status: Common

About

North America's most abundant wood-warbler, the Yellow-rumped Warbler sports bold yellow patches on crown, flanks, and rump that flash brilliantly in flight. Uniquely among warblers, it can digest the waxy coating of bayberries, allowing it to overwinter far farther north than any other warbler.

Life cycle

1.
egg
A small clutch of speckled eggs is incubated in a cup nest, turned and kept warm by the parent.
2.
hatchling
A pink, blind hatchling is fed by its parents in the nest, gaping its bill at every visit.
3.
juvenile
A feathered juvenile fledges from the nest, learning to fly and to forage close to its parents.
4.
adult
Fully grown with adult plumage and song.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Parulidae
Genus: Setophaga
Species: Setophaga coronata