Canada Warbler

Male Canada Warbler ( Wilsonia canadensis)

The Canada Warbler ( Wilsonia canadensis ) is a small insectivorous bird in the family of warblers ( Parulidae ) and next to the hooded warbler ( Wilsonia citrina ) and the Warbler ( Wilsonia pusilla ), the third species in the genus Wilsonia.

Male Canada Warbler has a yellow underside plumage with a black dotted and spotted upper breast. The top is blue-gray. On both sides of the head, around the eye, a yellow -to-white eye ring. From the eye to the beak base, a yellow strip attracts. At the rear face area, the plumage is black. In the female, the plumage is generally duller than the male, and the black portions of the breast are less pronounced. They feature a thin, pointed beak. Her legs are pink

The main food consists of insects, which are tracked in the dense undergrowth. Among other things, snails and fruits are consumed.

Your upwardly open nests they lay on the ground or in the vicinity above the ground. Most important is dense low vegetation. Only the female part in the nest and the breeding business. As nesting material grasses, lichens, mosses and fibers are used by roots. A clutch consists of four to five white eggs, which are hatched in a period of about twelve days.

Your name got the Canada Warbler because of their first discovery in Canada. However, you are not limited to Canada. Their breeding areas are located in the moist mixed forests of Canada for British Columbia and Nova Scotia to Minnesota, Michigan, Connecticut, and further south to Georgia. They spend the winter in the north of South America, including Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and northern Brazil. Due to habitat destruction and changes in forest structure, the stocks of the Canada warbler have declined.