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Songbirds

Nashville Warbler

Leiothlypis ruficapilla

• epic
• 72 km/h
• Least Concern

Gray hood, yellow throat, white eye ring. Also named for a city it merely visits.

Population

~40 million mature individuals globally (Partners in Flight 2019 estimate, cited by BirdLife DataZone/IUCN)

Habitat

Shrubby second-growth woodlands, open mixed woods, and bog habitats during breeding; brushy or semi-open habitats at middle canopy/shrub levels during migration and winter

Fun fact

Despite its name, the Nashville Warbler does not breed anywhere near Nashville, Tennessee — Alexander Wilson named it after collecting a specimen there in 1811 while the bird was merely passing through on migration.

Range

Breeds across two disjunct populations — boreal/northeastern Canada and northeastern US, and the western US/southwestern Canada; winters from southernmost Texas and California through mid-Mexico to Guatemala and El Salvador in northernmost Central America

Diet

Primarily insects gleaned from foliage at low-to-middle shrub levels; supplements with berries and nectar in winter

Size

0.12 m

Wingspan

0.185 m

Lifespan

6 years