Townsend's Warbler
Setophaga townsendi (Townsend, JK, 1837)
Parulidae — New World Warblers
Townsend's Warbler, Setophaga townsendi, breeds in south-east Alaska, western Canada and north-west USA, and spends the non-breeding season in Middle America. It is a member of the New World warbler family. The bird is identified by a yellow face marked with a dark line through the cheek and ear area, along with a slender pointed bill and two pale wing bars. Its upperparts are olive with dark streaking, and the underparts are white. Adult males show a black cap and throat with yellow on the lower breast.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Parulidae — New World Warblers
- Breeding range
- North America: se Alaska, w Canada and nw USA
- Nonbreeding range
- Middle America
