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Townsend's Warbler
Setophaga townsendi
28 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
Lesser GoldfinchSpinus psaltria
Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
Hermit WarblerSetophaga occidentalis
Black-throated Gray WarblerSetophaga nigrescens
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 861,641 |
|---|---|
| Canada | 133,679 |
| Idaho | 21,491 |
| Alberta | 16,281 |
| Texas | 14,220 |
| California | 13,956 |
| Nevada | 13,128 |
| Colorado | 11,499 |
| New Mexico | 10,942 |
| Utah | 3,073 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Behavioral
- MigratoryTravels long distances seasonallyChecked by the maintainer
Group and habits
- Cup nestingListed by a harvested source as building cup nests.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Tree nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting in trees.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Invertebrate eaterListed by a harvested source as primarily eating invertebrates.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Brood-parasite hostListed by a harvested source as a host of brood parasites.BIRDBASE avian traits database
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordates · Chordata |
| Class | Birds · Aves |
| Order | Perching Birds · Passeriformes |
| Family | New World Warblers · Parulidae |
| Genus | Setophaga Warblers · Setophaga |
Study it in a deck
- Birds of British Columbia, Canada
- Birds of Ontario
- Birds of Pennsylvania (Alkas)
- Birds of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Birds of United States
- Birds of Utah
- Spring Songbirds of Ontario
Or build your own from the species near you.
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- Traits: BIRDBASE avian traits database (CC BY 4.0)
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Townsend's Warbler with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.