Connecticut Warbler (Oporornis agilis)

Order: Passeriformes | Family: Parulidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern

connecticut-warbler
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. North America

connecticut-warbler
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. North America

connecticut-warbler
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. North America

connecticut-warbler
Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. North America

Identification & Behavior: ~14 cm (5.5 in). The Connecticut Warbler has yellow-olive upperparts and tail. The head and breast are gray. The rest of the underparts are yellow. The plumage of the female is overall duller and tinged with olive instead of gray. Both sexes have a white eye-ring, which is more conspicuous in the male. It forages on the ground.

Status: The Connecticut Warbler is a Boreal migrant and considered vagrant in Peru. It is known from only a few records from Amazonia. It also occurs in Co, Ec, Br, and Bo.

Name in Spanish: Reinita de Connecticut.

Sub-species: Connecticut Warbler (Oporornis agilis), A. Wilson, 1812.

Meaning of Name: Oporornis: Gr. Opōra= autumn and ornithos= bird. agilis: L. agilis= nimble, active, to set in motion.

See more of the Family Parulidae   peru aves

Distribution Map
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References:

    • Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum.  http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 03/01/2016.