Orange-crowned Warbler

Orange stain Warbler ( Vermivora celata )

• Vermivora celata celata
• Vermivora celata lutescens
• Vermivora celata orestera
• Vermivora celata sordida

The orange spot Warbler ( Vermivora celata ) is a small insectivorous bird in the family of warblers ( Parulidae ).

Features

Orange stain Warbler have a grayish to olive head with a small pointed beak, gray to olive green elytra and a gray to olive top plumage. Under the wings and on the edges at the wing covers the plumage is gray-brown. Orange stain Warbler have nine primary flight feathers. The name derives from the orange stain was on the crown, which is, however, mostly just to see if the orange stain Warbler raises the Kronfedern at threat. There are four subspecies. The western forms differ from the eastern by a brighter yellow to olivgelbes breast and side feathers and a lighter gray on the head. Females and young birds have in all forms a slightly duller plumage and with them the Kronfleck may be missing or it is not as pronounced as in the males.

Nutrition

Mostly they feed on insects, which they ferret out in bushes, further fruits, berries and nectar.

Reproduction

The female built an upwardly open cup- shaped nest well hidden in bushes or in high vegetation. Three to six eggs are laid in the nest that hatched after twelve to fourteen days. At the raising of the young birds fledge after eight to ten days, both parents participate.

Occurrence

Their breeding areas are located among others in Alaska, Canada, and in the west of North America. A subspecies breeds, among others, to Southern California in the northwestern Lower California. In winter they move among others in the south of North America and Central America. In the eastern areas of North America's orange spot Warbler is not as uncommon as in the West.