Wilson’s Warbler

(Cardellina pusilla)

Conservation Status

 

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  IUCN Red List

LC - Least Concern

     
  NatureServe

N5B - Secure Breeding

SNRB - Unranked Breeding

     
  Minnesota

not listed

     
           
           
 
Description
 
 

The upper parts are yellowish-green. The chin, breast, and undersides are bright yellow. The male has a very distinct black cap.

 
     
 

Size

 
 

4½ to 5 in length

7 wingspan

 
     
 

Voice

 
   
     
 

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Habitat
 
 

Breeding: Forest edges and openings, willow and alder thickets, bogs with scattered trees

 
     
 
Biology
 
 

Migration

 
 

Early May to early June and early August to early October

 
     
 

Nesting

 
 

 

 
     
 

Food

 
 

Insects

 
     
 
Distribution
 
 

Occurrence

 
 

Uncommon to occasionally common migrant; very rare breeder

 
         
 

Maps

 
 

The Minnesota Ornithologists’ Union All Seasons Species Occurrence Map

 
         
 
Taxonomy
 
  Class Aves (birds)  
 

Order

Passeriformes (perching birds)  
 

Family

Parulidae (New World warblers, wood warblers)  
 

Genus

Cardellina (red-faced warblers)  
       
 

Subordinate Taxa

 
 

Eastern Wilson’s Warbler (Cardellina pusilla pusilla)

Mountain West Wilson’s Warbler (Cardellina pusilla pileolata)

Pacific Coast Wilson’s Warbler (Cardellina pusilla chryseola)

 
       
 

Synonyms

 
 

Wilsonia pusilla

 
       

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
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  Cardellina pusilla WILSON'S WARBLER bathing
Rob Curtis
 
   
 
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Published on Nov 19, 2017

Cardellina pusilla WILSON'S WARBLER bathing, also has Canada,, and other warblers in puddle. Includes Chestnut-sided, Yellow-rumped, and White-crowned Sparrow.

   
       
  Wilson's Warbler (Emberizidae: Wilsonia pusilla) Male, Close-up
Carl Barrentine
 
   
 
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Published on May 18, 2012

Photographed at Grand Forks, North Dakota (18 May 2012). In memory of Eva Freeberg.

   
       
  Wilson's warbler
tavovalero
 
   
 
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Published on Jul 5, 2015

Recorded at The South Padre Island Migratory Bird Sanctuary on 2015-04-26.

Cardellina pusilla,

Chipe corona negra, Reinita de Wilson (Spanish)

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  Wilsonia pusilla
wetvideocamera
 
   
 
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Published on Jun 14, 2013

A male Wilson's Warbler preening on Burnaby Mountain, Burnaby, BC

   
       
  Wilson's Warbler
Larry Bond
 
   
 
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Published on Jul 5, 2015

For more information about this bird see:

http://ebirdr.com/bird/wilsons-warbler

   
       

 

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