Hooded Warbler Photo Gallery
Adult male
Adult males have a bright yellow face surrounded by a black hood and throat. They are olive above and yellow below. Often fans tail to show white outer tail feathers.
© Evan Lipton / Macaulay LibraryMassachusetts, April 25, 2014Adult female
Some adult females show a partial black crown spotted with yellow. Entirely yellow below except for white undertail feathers. Adult females vary considerably in the extent of black on the head and neck, from little or no black to a complete male-like hood. In all plumages, entirely yellow below.
© Luke Seitz / Macaulay LibraryMaine, October 03, 2011Adult male
Males sing an emphatic ringing weeta-weeta-weet-tee-o.
© Larry Arbanas / Macaulay LibraryTexasNot all videos have soundImmature female
Immature females during their first year either lack black on the head and neck or have only traces of black framing the yellow face; entirely yellow below. The underside of the tail feathers are white; the outer corners flash white when fanned.
© Jay McGowan / Macaulay LibraryNew York, September 17, 2011Adult female
Many adult females have a near-complete hood, but it is usually neither as black nor as extensive as it is in males.
© Ryan Schain / Macaulay LibraryMassachusetts, May 25, 2013Female/immature
Hops quickly on the ground and through the shrub layer often flicking its tail.
© Timothy Barksdale / Macaulay LibraryTexas, April 27, 1997Not all videos have soundAdult male
Often found in the understory of forests with shrubby understory. Adult males have a bright yellow face and a beady black eye surrounded by a black hood and throat.
© Kevin Couture / Macaulay LibraryMaine, April 28, 2017Adult male
Adult males have a bright yellow face surrounded by black hood and throat. Olive above and yellow below. Often fans tail to show white outer tail feathers.
© Matthew Sabourin / Macaulay LibraryMassachusetts, May 31, 2016Adult male
Males sing throughout the day, but tend to sing more both early and late in the day.
© Benjamin Clock / Macaulay LibraryWest Virginia, May 29, 2013Not all videos have soundAdult male
Breeds in hardwood forests with a shrubby understory in the eastern United States and a small area in southern Canada.
© Griffin Richards / Macaulay LibraryMassachusetts, May 03, 2017Adult male
Spends much of its time in the understory flitting between shrubs and flicking its tail to reveal white outer tail feathers.
© Timothy Barksdale / Macaulay LibraryTexas, April 27, 1997Not all videos have soundCompare with Similar Species
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Species in This Family
New World Warblers(Order: Passeriformes, Family: Parulidae)
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