Common Yellowthroat Similar Species Comparison
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Nashville Warbler
Female/immature
Female/immature Nashville Warblers have a grayer head and back and a yellower belly than female/immature Common Yellowthroats.
© Ryan Schain | Macaulay LibraryMassachusetts, October 26, 2010Similar Species
Mourning Warbler
Adult female/immature male
Female/immature male Mourning Warblers have a grayer head and a yellower belly than female/immature Common Yellowthroats.
© John King | Macaulay LibraryOntario, July 14, 2017Similar Species
Orange-crowned Warbler
Adult
Orange-crowned Warblers have a thinner and pointer bill Common Yellowthroat. Orange-crowned Warblers vary across their range, but tend not to have a darker cheek like female/immature Common Yellowthroats.
© Matt Brady | Macaulay LibraryCalifornia, February 26, 2012Similar Species
Hooded Warbler
Female/immature
Female/immature Hooded Warblers are brighter yellow overall than female/immature Common Yellowthroats.
© Jay McGowan | Macaulay LibraryNew York, September 17, 2011Similar Species
Yellow Warbler
Adult female (Northern)
Female Yellow Warblers are brighter yellow overall than Common Yellowthroats.
© Terry Boswell | Macaulay LibraryNova Scotia, June 04, 2017Similar Species
Wilson's Warbler
Female/immature
Female/immature Wilson's Warblers are smaller and brighter yellow than Common Yellowthroats.
© Shawn Billerman | Macaulay LibraryWyoming, September 10, 2013Similar Species
Yellow-breasted Chat
Adult
Yellow-breasted Chats are larger than Common Yellowthroats and have white (not yellow) undertail coverts. They also lack the yellowthroat's mask.
© Brooke Miller | Macaulay LibraryCalifornia, June 16, 2014Main Species
Common Yellowthroat
Adult male
Small songbird with a round belly and long tail. Males have a black mask and a yellow throat and undertail coverts.
© Ryan Sanderson | Macaulay LibraryIndiana, June 20, 2020Female
Females are brownish above with a yellow throat and breast. The brightness of yellow varies geographically.
© Ryan Schain | Macaulay LibraryMassachusetts, October 19, 2016Immature male
The black mask on immature males is faint and patchy.
© Greg Gillson | Macaulay LibraryOregon, August 17, 2011Immature female
Immature females are pale brownish overall with yellow only on the undertail coverts.
© Matt Davis | Macaulay LibraryCalifornia, September 04, 2016Adult male (chapalensis)
Resident males around Lake Chapala, Jalisco, Mexico have a larger black mask that is bordered by yellow instead of white like Common Yellowthroats farther north.
© Andrew Spencer | Macaulay LibraryJalisco, May 24, 2015Adult male
Small songbird with a round belly and long tail. Males have a black mask bordered by white and a yellow throat and undertail coverts.
© Ryan Schain | Macaulay LibraryMassachusetts, June 08, 2013Female
Females are brownish above with a yellow throat and undertail coverts, the intensity of which varies geographically.
© Davey Walters | Macaulay LibraryMassachusetts, August 18, 2016Adult male
Found in open areas with thick, low vegetation, ranging from marshes to grasslands to open pine forests.
© Zoe Finney | Macaulay LibraryWisconsin, May 22, 2017Female
Spends much of their time skulking low to the ground in dense thickets and fields where they can be difficult to see.
© Tim Lenz | Macaulay LibraryNew York, September 26, 2015Rotate Your Device to Better Compare
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New World Warblers(Order: Passeriformes, Family: Parulidae)
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