Grace's Warbler Similar Species Comparison
Main SpeciesGrace's Warbler
Adult male
Small warbler with gray upperparts, a yellow throat, and a yellow eyebrow. Note white wing bars and white outer tail feathers visible in flight.
© Carlos Echeverría / Macaulay LibraryPetén, March 15, 2020Female
Females are paler overall than males, but share the same features: gray back, 2 white wingbars, yellow eyebrow, and yellow throat.
© John van Dort / Macaulay LibraryFrancisco Morazán, August 20, 2016Female/immature
Breeds in pine forests in the West. Gray above with a yellow eyebrow and throat. Tail flashes white in flight.
© Marky Mutchler / Macaulay LibraryArizona, August 10, 2020Similar SpeciesTownsend's Warbler
Adult male
Male Townsend's Warblers have a black throat and a yellow-olive back while Grace's Warblers have a yellow throat and gray back.
© Matt Brady / Macaulay LibraryCalifornia, September 13, 2010Similar SpeciesTownsend's Warbler
Immature
Immature Townsend's Warblers have a yellow-olive head and back while Grace's Warblers have a gray head and back.
© Rob Fowler / Macaulay LibraryCalifornia, November 20, 2015Similar SpeciesHermit Warbler
Adult male
Hermit Warblers have a yellow face and a black throat while Grace's have a gray face and a yellow throat.
© Brian Sullivan / Macaulay LibraryCalifornia, April 25, 2004Similar SpeciesHermit Warbler
Female/immature
Female/immatures have an yellow face and a yellow-olive crown unlike Grace's Warblers, which have a gray face and crown.
© John van Dort / Macaulay LibraryFrancisco Morazán, October 09, 2016Similar SpeciesYellow-rumped Warbler
Adult male (Audubon's)
Male (Audubon's) have a black breast while Grace's Warblers have a yellow breast. They also do not have the yellow stripe in front of the eye that Grace's Warblers have.
© Emily Turteltaub Nelson / Macaulay LibraryWyoming, June 09, 2010Similar SpeciesYellow-rumped Warbler
Female (Audubon's)
Female (Audubon's) have a streaky breast while Grace's Warblers have a yellow unstreaked breast.
© Jerry Ting / Macaulay LibraryCalifornia, February 23, 2017Compare with Similar Species
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Species in This Family
New World Warblers(Order: Passeriformes, Family: Parulidae)
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