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Cape May Warbler - (Dendroica tigrina) Audio
Identification
- Small songbird
- Greenish above, yellow below with black
stripes
- Large white wing patch, yellow rump
- White under tail
- Male has rufous area above and below
eye with yellow below and on sides of neck - Dark crown
- Female and immature duller, lack rufous
cheek patch
- 5" (13 cm.)
Habitat
- Mature, extensive coniferous forests
- Northern Wisconsin is at the southern
edge of the Cape May's breeding range.
Additional Information
- Fairly common migrant
- A spruce budworm specialist in boreal
forest habitat
| ![Cape May Warbler (photo by Richard Phalin) Cape May Warbler on a thin branch, looking dapper](/Images/Birds/CapeMaywarbler_500_Phalin.jpg)
![Female Cape May Warbler (photo by Jack Bartholmai) Female Cape May Warbler in the spruce tree](/Images/Birds/CapeMayFemale_500_Bartholma.jpg)
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