Yellow Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Adult male
- Stout-bodied, short-tailed warbler
- Bright yellow
- Eastern males show rich chestnut-brown streaking on breast and belly
- Yellow-green upperparts
- © Jim McCree, ME, Easton, May 2011
Yellow Warbler
Adult female
- Stout-billed, long-bodied warbler
- Mostly bright yellow overall
- Olive tones on back and crown
- Plain, bright yellow face
- © Bill Thompson, MA, Athol, May 2011
Yellow Warbler
Adult male
- Short-tailed, stout-bodied warbler
- Bright yellow
- Males from southwestern population show faint chestnut streaks on belly
- Yellow-green upperparts
- © Carlos Escamilla, TX, Laredo, May 2011
Yellow Warbler
Adult female
- Stout-billed and short-tailed
- Bright yellow overall
- Large black eye stands out on plain yellow face
- Yellow green upper-parts
- © ship rock, BC, Delta, September 2010
Yellow Warbler
Adult male
- Stout-billed and short-tailed warbler
- Bright yellow with rufous-brown streaking on underparts
- Yellow spots on dusky gray tail feathers
- Yellow-green upperparts
- © Raymond Lee, AB, Edmonton, May 2010
Yellow Warbler
Adult female
- Stout bill and elongated body
- Bright yellow overall with plain yellow face
- Duller yellow-green above
- Large black eye
- © photosbyjoe, TX, August 2011
Yellow Warbler
Adult male
- Elongated, but heavy-bodied warbler
- Bright yellow
- Chestnut brown streaks on breast and belly
- Stout black bill
- © William Jobes, PA, Bucks County, May 2009
Yellow Warbler
Adult male "Mangrove Warbler"
- Adult males of "Mangrove" population in Latin America have rufous hood
- Stout-bodied and short-tailed
- Bright yellow below, yellow-green above
- © Fritz Fucik, Puntarenas, Costa Rica, May 2011
Similar Species
Adult male
- Similar to female Yellow Warbler
- Black cap distinctive
- Smaller overall with thin, stubby bill
- © Reid Barclay, AB, June 2009
Adult female
- Similar to female Yellow Warbler
- Smaller and more slender-bodied
- Small, stubby bill
- Dusky tail with no yellow spots
- © Stephen Ramirez, San Marcos, TX, September 2011
Adult female
- Similar to female Yellow Warbler
- Much duller, olive-green upperparts
- Long tail with distinctive white patches
- Olive crown gives "hooded" effect
- © Andy Jordan, High Island, TX, April 2010
Adult
- Bill thinner and more sharply-pointed than Yellow Warbler
- Duller olive-yellow overall
- Pale yellow crescents above and below eye
- Dusky face
- © Lois Manowitz, Tucson , AZ, December 2009
Breeding adult Eastern
- Longer-tailed and more flat-headed than Yellow Warbler
- Rusty crown disctinctive
- More sharply-pointed bill
- Dusky gray-brown face and upperparts
- © Bill Benish, Central Park, New York, NY, April 2011