Cape May Warbler

Cape may warbler Dendroica tigrina
Identification Tips:
Length: 4.25 inches
Small, active, insect-eating bird
Thin, pointed bill
Yellow rump
Black legs ...

Cape May Warbler
Female, first fall
Similar Species
Fall Yellow-rumped Warbler has streaks on the flanks only, not on the central breast and belly, a larger rump patch, and black streaks on the back.

Cape May Warbler
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Cape May Warbler
(Dendroica tigrina)
Status: Migrant.
Last recorded on site in 2010
The Patuxent web-site provides more general information about this species.

Cape May Warbler
Dendroica tigrina (Gmelin)
Status Common transient, uncommon in summer. Breeds. It was called "rare" by nineteenth-century authors and was only occasionally recorded prior to 1960.

Cape May Warbler
A difficult bird to see, this warbler usually stays high in the treetops.
The Flying Tiger ...

Cape May Warblers
Cerulean Warblers
Cetti's Warblers: Cetti's Warbler (Birds of Britain) ...

Cape May Warbler - Dendroica tigrina
Not often that we see breeding plumage warblers in the scope for long, much less get time to take a photo! Just before leaving Florida we went to Ft. de Soto Park, just south of St. Petersburg on the Gulf Coast.

CAPE MAY WARBLER, Sylvia maritima, Wils. Amer. Orn., vol. iv. p. 99.
SYLVIA MARITIMA, Bonap. Syn., p. 79.
CAPE MAY WARBLER, Sylvia maritima, Nutt. Man., vol. i. p. 156.
CAPE MAY WARBLER, Sylvia maritima, Aud. Orn. Biog., vol. v. p. 156.

Cape May Warbler Dendroica tigrina. Uncommon in spring, rare in fall, and occasional in winter in inland regions. In Gulf Coast region, fairly common in spring and rare in fall, and occasional in winter. Found in woodlands.

Cape May Warbler
Fall Sighting Information: common
Nest on or near Refuge? no
Cerulean Warbler
Fall Sighting Information: rare
Nest on or near Refuge? no ...

Similar Species: Cape May Warbler, Wilson's Warbler. Female Yellow Warbler also can be similar to an Orange-crowned Warbler.

Cape May Warbler, Dendroica tigrina
Black-throated Blue Warbler, Dendroica caerulescens
Yellow-rumped Warbler, Dendroica coronata
Black-throated Gray Warbler, Dendroica nigrescens
Golden-cheeked Warbler, Dendroica chrysoparia ...

Cape May Warbler (Dendroica tigrina)
Cerulean Warbler (Dendroica cerulea)
Chestnut-sided Warbler (Dendroica pensylvanica)
Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)
Connecticut Warbler (Oporornis agilis)
Golden-winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera) ...

Cape May Warbler (T)
Black-throated Blue Warbler (T)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (WR)
Black-throated Green Warbler (T)
Blackburnian Warbler (T)
Yellow-throated Warbler (SR)
Pine Warbler (SR)
Prairie Warbler (SR)
Palm Warbler (T) ...

Cape May Warbler Dendroica tigrina: Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, NY, 06 May
Black-throated Blue Warbler Dendroica caerulescens: Forest Park, Queens, NY, 29 Apr ...

See also: Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Magnolia Warbler, Palm Warbler, Yellow Warbler