MacGillivray's Warbler Similar Species Comparison
Main SpeciesMacGillivray's Warbler
Adult male
Chunky warbler with a gray hood and white eye crescents. Olive above and yellow below. Lacks wingbars.
© John Gordon / Macaulay LibraryBritish Columbia, May 06, 2019Female/immature
Females and immatures are paler than males and lack the darker patches around the eye and chest. Note gray hood, white eye crescents, and yellow underparts.
© Darren Clark / Macaulay LibraryIdaho, September 13, 2019Adult male
Song is a series of churring syllables, sometimes ending with a sweet-toned warble.
© Timothy Barksdale / Macaulay LibraryMontana, June 03, 1998Not all videos have sound
Adult male
Chunky warbler with a gray hood and white eye crescents. Olive above and yellow below. Lacks wingbars.
© Ryan Shaw / Macaulay LibraryOaxaca, February 25, 2016Adult male
Chunky warbler with a gray hood and white eye crescents. Feathers in front of the eye and on the chest are darker than the rest of the hood. Olive above and yellow below. Lacks wingbars.
© John Reynolds / Macaulay LibraryBritish Columbia, June 18, 2017Female/immature
Females and immatures are paler than males and lack the darker patches around the eye and chest. Note gray hood, white eye crescents, and yellow underparts.
© Matt Davis / Macaulay LibraryCalifornia, September 05, 2016Adult male
Breeds in areas with dense understories, including regenerating clearcuts, regrowing burned forests, thickets, riparian areas, and deciduous forests.
© Blair Dudeck / Macaulay LibraryBritish Columbia, April 25, 2017Similar SpeciesConnecticut Warbler
Adult male
Connecticut Warblers have a complete eyering unlike MacGillivray's broken eyering. Note range differences.
© Andrew Spencer / Macaulay LibraryMinnesota, May 28, 2016Similar SpeciesConnecticut Warbler
Immature
Immature Connecticut Warblers have a complete eyering unlike MacGillivray's broken eyering. Note range differences.
© Larry Therrien / Macaulay LibraryMassachusetts, September 22, 2016Similar SpeciesMourning Warbler
Adult male
Mourning Warblers do not have white crescents above and below the eye like MacGillivray's Warblers. Ranges do not overlap.
© David Turgeon / Macaulay LibraryQuebec, June 10, 2016Similar SpeciesMourning Warbler
Adult female/immature male
Mourning Warblers do not have white crescents above and below the eye like MacGillivray's Warblers. Ranges do not overlap.
© John King / Macaulay LibraryOntario, July 14, 2017Rotate Your Device to Better Compare
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New World Warblers(Order: Passeriformes, Family: Parulidae)
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