Cape May Warbler Identification

Short-tailed warbler with a thin bill and white undertail coverts. Adult males have a distinctive chestnut cheek patch and yellow collar. Black streaks mark the yellow breast and continue down the flanks.

Short-tailed warbler with a thin bill and white undertail coverts. Adult females/immature males have a grayish cheek patch, an olive-gray crown, and a paler yellow collar and breast. The breast streaking is also paler.

Females have a grayish cheek patch, an olive-gray crown, and a paler yellow collar and breast. The streaking on the breast is paler and not as crisp and the streaking on the back is absent.

Immature females are grayish overall with blurry streaking down the flanks and thin white wingbars.

Adult females/immature males have a grayish cheek patch, an olive-gray crown, and a paler yellow collar and breast. The breast streaking is also paler. Note white undertail coverts.

Adult males have a distinctive chestnut cheek patch and yellow collar. Black streaks mark the yellow breast and continue down the flanks.

Breeds across the boreal forest of Canada and the northern United States, where it feeds on spruce budworms.