Townsend's Warbler Photo Gallery
Adult male
Small songbird. Adult males have a black ear patch surrounded by yellow. Note thick white wingbars, black cap and throat, and yellow crescent below the eye.
© Matt Brady / Macaulay LibraryCalifornia, September 13, 2010Female/immature
The black markings on females/immatures are paler and the throat is mostly yellow. Note dark ear patch surrounded by yellow and streaked sides.
© Evan Lipton / Macaulay LibraryCalifornia, August 30, 2020Immature
The black markings on immatures are paler and the throat is yellow. Note dark ear patch surrounded by yellow and streaked sides.
© Rob Fowler / Macaulay LibraryCalifornia, November 20, 2015Immature
The black markings on immatures are paler and the throat is yellow. Note dark ear patch surrounded by yellow and streaked sides.
© Donna Pomeroy / Macaulay LibraryCalifornia, October 04, 2018Adult male
Adult males have a black ear patch surrounded by yellow. Note thick white wingbars, black cap and throat, and yellow crescent beneath the eye.
© Thomas Barbin / Macaulay LibraryBritish Columbia, May 18, 2017Adult female
The black markings on adult females are paler and the throat is mostly yellow (some have dark mottling on the throat). Note dark ear patch surrounded by yellow and streaked sides.
© Alice Sun / Macaulay LibraryBritish Columbia, May 18, 2017Adult male
Breeds in tall evergreen and mixed evergreen-deciduous forests.
© matthew sabatine / Macaulay LibraryMontana, May 26, 2017Compare with Similar Species
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Species in This Family
New World Warblers(Order: Passeriformes, Family: Parulidae)
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