Pine Warbler Similar Species Comparison
Main SpeciesPine Warbler
Adult male
A large warbler with a stout bill. Adult males have a yellow throat, a yellow-olive back, and blurry streaking on the sides. Note broken yellow eyering and white lower belly and undertail coverts.
© Ryan Schain / Macaulay LibraryMassachusetts, April 30, 2017Adult female
Large (for a warbler) with a stout bill. Adult females are pale yellow with a broken yellow eyering and 2 white wingbars.
© Ryan Schain / Macaulay LibraryMassachusetts, May 06, 2017Immature female
Some immature females are gray overall lacking any yellow coloration, with a broken white eyering and 2 white wingbars.
© Ryan Schain / Macaulay LibraryMassachusetts, May 11, 2011Immature
Immature birds vary from gray to pale yellow, but they all have a white eyering.
© Luke Seitz / Macaulay LibraryMaine, October 08, 2016Adult male
Large (for a warbler) with a stout bill. Adult males have a yellow throat, a yellow-olive back, and blurry streaking on the sides. Note broken yellow eyering and white lower belly and undertail coverts.
© Jonathan Eckerson / Macaulay LibraryMassachusetts, April 03, 2016Adult male
Large warbler with a stout bill. Adult males have a yellow throat and a yellow-olive back. Note broken yellow eyering.
© Evan Lipton / Macaulay LibraryRhode Island, April 23, 2017Adult female
Large warbler with a stout bill. Adult females are pale yellow with a broken yellow eyering and 2 white wingbars.
© Ryan Schain / Macaulay LibraryMassachusetts, May 09, 2016Adult male
Unlike most warblers sometimes visits feeders.
© Tim Armstrong / Macaulay LibraryNorth Carolina, November 28, 2016Adult male
Found in pine forests often foraging high in the canopy.
© Alissa Milillo / Macaulay LibraryNew York, April 24, 2017Similar SpeciesYellow-throated Vireo
Adult
Yellow-throated Vireos have a thicker hooked bill than Pine Warblers with distinct yellow spectacles and unstreaked flanks.
© Adam Capparelli / Macaulay LibraryOntario, May 11, 2016Similar SpeciesCape May Warbler
Adult female/immature male
Adult female/immature male Cape May Warblers have a thinner bill than Pine Warblers with more distinct streaking on the flanks.
© Lucas Berrigan / Macaulay LibraryNova Scotia, September 01, 2016Similar SpeciesCape May Warbler
Immature female
Immature Cape May Warblers have narrower wingbars than immature Pine Warblers with more distinct streaking on the flanks.
© Evan Lipton / Macaulay LibraryMassachusetts, September 14, 2016Similar SpeciesBay-breasted Warbler
Nonbreeding female/immature male
Nonbreeding female/immature male Bay-breasted Warblers have a thinner bill, more obvious wingbars, and cleaner flanks (often with chestnut wash) than Pine Warblers.
© Ian Davies / Macaulay LibraryMassachusetts, December 27, 2015Similar SpeciesYellow Warbler
Adult female (Northern)
Yellow Warblers are brighter yellow overall than Pine Warblers and lack wingbars.
© Terry Boswell / Macaulay LibraryNova Scotia, June 04, 2017Similar SpeciesYellow Warbler
Immature (Northern)
Immature Yellow Warblers are brighter yellow overall than Pine Warblers and lack wingbars.
© Michael O'Brien / Macaulay LibraryNew Jersey, September 04, 2016Similar SpeciesBlackpoll Warbler
Nonbreeding female/immature
Nonbreeding female/immature Blackpoll Warblers have a thinner bill, a longer eyeline, and more distinct wingbars than Pine Warblers.
© Ryan Schain / Macaulay LibraryMassachusetts, October 28, 2016Similar SpeciesBlackpoll Warbler
Breeding female
Female Blackpoll Warblers have a thinner bill, a longer eyeline, and more distinct wingbars than Pine Warblers.
© Donna Pomeroy / Macaulay LibraryAlaska, June 09, 2017Rotate Your Device to Better Compare
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New World Warblers(Order: Passeriformes, Family: Parulidae)
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