Mourning Warbler

Geothlypis philadelphia (Wilson, A, 1810)

Mourning Warbler, Geothlypis philadelphia, is a New World warbler that breeds in central and south-eastern Canada and the north-eastern USA, and spends the non-breeding season from Nicaragua to northern South America. It is associated with dense second growth forest and other thick, disturbed cover. The male has a grey hood with black lores and a dark patch on the throat and breast, the feature that gives the bird its name. Females and young birds are less strongly marked, with a grey-brown head and an incomplete eye-ring.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Parulidae — New World Warblers

Breeding range

North America: c Canada to se Canada and ne USA

Nonbreeding range

Nicaragua to n SA