Tennessee Warbler, Oreothlypis peregrina
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![]() The Tennessee Warbler has little to do with the state for which it is named; it breeds in northern forests, mostly in Canada, and winters in the Central and South American tropics. In my Northern California home, these are among the more common vagrants among eastern warblers, but they had been a nemesis for me until I got my lens on this one in a small local natural area. The Tennessee resembles the Orange-crowned Warbler, which is common where I live, and the first place birders look to distinguish the two species is the vent or undertail area, which is yellow in Orange-crowned but white in Tennessee; the picture below shows the white vent on this bird. Tennessee also has a shorter tail and more green on the back than Orange-crowned. |
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