Mourning Warbler

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Mourning Warbler -
(Oporornis philadelphia))

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Identification

Small songbird
Olive-grey above, bright yellow below
Grey hood around head and neck
Male has black patch below throat
Female has lighter grey hood, lacks
black patch
5.25" (13 cm.)

Habitat

Disturbed shrubby areas
Forest clearings

Additional Information

Fairly common migrant and summer
resident in northern WI
Secretive during migration, stays in
dense underbrush
Forages near the ground
Adult female eats the egg shells
after young hatch
Found once in the summer on the KVR

Comparable Species

Connecticut Warbler

Mourning Warbler on a tree branch

The Kickapoo Reserve Management Board acknowledges that the state and federal lands that comprise the Reserve fall within the ancestral homelands of First Nations people including the Hooçak Nation. We recognize the sovereignty of the Hooçak and other First Nations and will work towards a shared future by continuing to create collaborative opportunities to protect and preserve these lands.

Kickapoo Valley Reserve | S3661 State Highway 131 | La Farge, Wisconsin 54639
Phone: 608-625-2960 | FAX: 608-625-2962
kickapoo.reserve@krm.state.wi.us