Vermivora chrysoptera ORDER: PASSERIFORMES FAMILY: PARULIDAE
IUCN Conservation Status: Near Threatened
© Christopher L. Wood
The Golden-winged Warbler is a small, strikingly marked warbler of eastern early successional habitats. Its population increased for over 100 years as forests were cut down. Now, however, it is losing ground, both because of reforestation and displacement by the spreading Blue-winged Warbler.
Song a high buzzy "zee bee bee bee."