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Palm Warbler

Setophaga palmarum

Least Concern (IUCN Red List)New World Warblers
Palm Warbler, photographed by Patrice Bouchard

Photo: Patrice Bouchard · Unsplash · Unsplash License (licence)

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About the Palm Warbler

Subtly patterned brown-and-yellow warbler, known for constantly bobbing its tail. Often forages on the ground, unlike most other warblers. Breeding plumage shows a rufous cap. In fall and winter, look for pale eyebrow and dark line through the eye, diffuse streaks on underparts, and bright yellow undertail coverts. Two populations: “Western” is browner overall, brightest on the undertail coverts; “Yellow” is more suffused with yellow overall; they overlap extensively in range, especially during fall migration. Breeds in bogs and clearings in the boreal forest. In migration, found in a variety of open, shrubby habitats. One of the more common warblers wintering in the southern U.S.; also winters in the Caribbean and Yucatan Peninsula.

Species account: eBird.org, fetched 2025-12-26 · How these pages are made

Where it has been recorded

Recorded in 33 of the 253 countries we have eBird lists for. Each opens that country's checklist.

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