Palm Warbler (sexes similar) - approx. 13 cm
Order: Passeriformes (Perching birds)
Family: Parulidae (Warblers)
Genus: Dendroica
Species: Palmarum
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Updated March 28 2021
Yellow-rumped Warbler (male) - approx. 14 cm
Order: Passeriformes (Perching birds)
Family: Parulidae (Warblers)
Genus: Dendroica
Species: Coronata
Formerly separated into two species (eastern Myrtle
warbler and western Audubon's warbler)
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Updated February 25 2016
Order: Passeriformes (Perching birds)
Family: Parulidae (Warblers)
Genus: Dendroica
Species: Petechia
Order: Passeriformes (Perching birds)
Family: Parulidae (Warblers)
Genus: Mniotilta
Species: Varia
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Updated April 21 2013
Chestnut-sided Warbler (young female) with
Black-and-White Warbler - approx. 13 cm
Order: Passeriformes (Perching birds)
Family: Parulidae (Warblers)
Genus: Dendroica
Species: Pensylvanica
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Black & White Warbler (sexes similar) - approx. 12 cm
Yellow Warbler (male) - approx. 12 cm
Order: Passeriformes (Perching birds)
Family: Parulidae (Warblers)
Genus: Dendroica
Species: Petechia
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Updated September 8 2015
The Brown-headed Cowbird is a brood parasite - it lays
its eggs in the nests of other species - this Yellow
Warbler was feeding the Cowbird
Yellow Warbler (female) - approx. 12 cm - with juvenile
Brown-headed Cowbird
Female duller yellowish green with indistinct (or
lacking) chestnut streaks on the breast
Northern Waterthrush (sexes similar) - approx. 14 cm
Order: Passeriformes (Perching birds)
Family: Parulidae (Warblers)
Genus: Seiurus
Species: Noveboracensis
Similar to Louisiana Waterthrush (S. motacilla)
Black-throated Blue Warbler (male) - approx. 13 cm
Order: Passeriformes (Perching birds)
Family: Parulidae (Warblers)
Genus: Dendroica
Species: Caerulescens
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Palm Warbler (winter plumage) - approx. 13 cm
Order: Passeriformes (Perching birds)
Family: Parulidae (Warblers)
Genus: Dendroica
Species: Palmarum
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Updated March 23 2021
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Blackburnian Warbler (male) - approx. 13 cm
Order: Passeriformes (Perching birds)
Family: Parulidae (Warblers)
Genus: Dendroica
Species: Fusca
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Updated May 16 2012
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21 species
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Updated September 8 2015
Black-throated Green Warbler (female?) - approx. 12 cm
Order: Passeriformes (Perching birds)
Family: Parulidae (Warblers)
Genus: Dendroica
Species: Virens
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Updated May 9 2012
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Female has fewer black streaks on side, less black on
throat, yellowish chin and upper throat
Magnolia Warbler (male) - approx. 12 cm
Order: Passeriformes (Perching birds)
Family: Parulidae (Warblers)
Genus: Dendroica
Species: Magnolia
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Updated September 5 2016
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Chestnut-sided Warbler (male) - approx. 13 cm
Order: Passeriformes (Perching birds)
Family: Parulidae (Warblers)
Genus: Dendroica
Species: Pensylvanica
Female has less chestnut on sides and less black on
face
Common Yellowthroat (male) - approx. 13 cm
Order: Passeriformes (Perching birds)
Family: Parulidae (Warblers)
Genus: Geothlypis
Species: Trichas
Not to be confused with the Yellow-throated Warbler
Northern Parula (male) - approx. 12 cm
Order: Passeriformes (Perching birds)
Family: Parulidae (Warblers)
Genus: Parula
Species: Americana
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Updated February 10 2017
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrates)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrates)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrates)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrates)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrates)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Kingdom: Animalia
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrates)
Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrates)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrates)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrates)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrates)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrates)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrates)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrates)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrates)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrates)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Nashville Warbler (male?) - approx. 12 cm
Order: Passeriformes (Perching birds)
Family: Parulidae (Warblers)
Species: Ruficapilla
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrates)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Common Yellowthroat (female) - approx. 13 cm
Order: Passeriformes (Perching birds)
Family: Parulidae (Warblers)
Genus: Geothlypis
Species: Trichas
Not to be confused with the Yellow-throated Warbler
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrates)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Sexes are similar - male has a chestnut crown (usually
obscured) - female is paler
Nashville Warbler (female?) - approx. 12 cm
Order: Passeriformes (Perching birds)
Family: Parulidae (Warblers)
Species: Ruficapilla
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrates)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Sexes are similar - male has a chestnut crown (usually
obscured) - female is paler
Audio - updated May 27 2012
Yellow Warbler audio
Audio - updated May 16 2012
Black-throated Green Warbler audio
American Redstart (male) - approx. 12 cm
Order: Passeriformes (Perching birds)
Family: Parulidae (Warblers)
Genus: Setophaga
Species: Ruticilla
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrates)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Pine Warbler (sexes similar) - approx. 14 cm
Order: Passeriformes (Perching birds)
Family: Parulidae (Warblers)
Genus: Setophaga (also Dendroica)
Species: Pinus
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrates)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Audio - updated June 2 2012
Pine Warbler audio
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Updated August 23 2014
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Audio - updated June 20 2012
American Redstart audio
Audio - updated July 4 2012
Common Yellowthroat audio
Nashville Warbler (1st year?) - approx. 12 cm
Order: Passeriformes (Perching birds)
Family: Parulidae (Warblers)
Species: Ruficapilla
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrates)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Sexes are similar - male has a chestnut crown (usually
obscured) - female is paler
Yellow Warbler (female) - approx. 12 cm
Order: Passeriformes (Perching birds)
Family: Parulidae (Warblers)
Genus: Dendroica
Species: Petechia
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Updated September 8 2015
Female duller yellowish green with indistinct (or
lacking) chestnut streaks on the breast
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrates)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Audio - updated April 28 2013
Yellow-rumped Warbler audio
American Redstart (juvenile male) - approx. 12 cm
Order: Passeriformes (Perching birds)
Family: Parulidae (Warblers)
Genus: Setophaga
Species: Ruticilla
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrates)
Class: Aves (Birds)
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Updated August 23 2014
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Mourning Warbler (male) - approx. 13 cm
Order: Passeriformes (Perching birds)
Family: Parulidae (Warblers)
Genus: Geothlypis (also Oporornis)
Species: Philadelphia
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrates)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Audio (Red-eyed Vireo and American Redstart? in
background) - updated June 9 2015
Mourning Warbler audio
Photograph by Ed McAskill
Black-throated Blue Warbler (female) - approx. 13 cm
Order: Passeriformes (Perching birds)
Family: Parulidae (Warblers)
Genus: Dendroica
Species: Caerulescens
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrates)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Photograph by Ed McAskill
Female lacks spots on breast
Northern Parula (female) - approx. 12 cm
Order: Passeriformes (Perching birds)
Family: Parulidae (Warblers)
Genus: Parula
Species: Americana
More Northern Parula
Updated July 25 2011
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrates)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Photograph by Ed McAskill
Black-throated Blue Warbler (male) - approx. 13 cm - Rosetta McClain Gardens - May 2014
Black-throated Blue Warbler (female) - approx. 13 cm - Rosetta McClain Gardens - May 2014
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Updated November 16 2014
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Updated November 16 2014
Yellow-rumped Warbler (male) - approx. 14 cm - Lower Don Valley (Brickworks) - April 2010
Yellow Warbler (female) - approx. 12 cm (with juvenile Brown-headed Cowbird) - Lower Don Valley (Leaside) - July 2007
Northern Waterthrush (sexes similar) - approx. 14 cm - Leslie Spit - May 2008
Palm Warbler (winter plumage) - approx. 13 cm - Beaver Creek (Richmond Hill) - October 2008
Blackburnian Warbler (male) in Eastern Cottonwood - approx. 13 cm - Leslie Spit - May 2012
Black-throated Green Warbler (female?) - approx. 12 cm - Toronto Islands - May 2012
Magnolia Warbler (male) - approx. 12 cm - High Park - May 2009
Nashville Warbler (male?) - approx. 12 cm - Duffins Creek - August 2009
Common Yellowthroat (female) - approx. 13 cm - Duffins Creek - August 2009
Nashville Warbler ( female?) - approx. 12 cm - Lower Don Valley (Crother's Woods) - August 2007
American Redstart (male) - approx. 12 cm - Leslie Spit - May 2013
Nashville Warbler ( 1st year?) - approx. 12 cm - East Don Valley (Charles Sauriol Conservation Area) - October 2007
Yellow Warbler (male) - approx. 12 cm - Lower Don Valley (Leaside) - June 2012
Yellow Warbler (female) - approx. 12 cm - Leslie Spit - May 2012
American Redstart (juvenile male) - approx. 12 cm - Lower Don Valley (Todmorden Mills) - May 2013
Chestnut-sided Warbler (male) - approx. 13 cm - Toronto Islands - May 2014
Chestnut-sided Warbler (young female) with Black-and-White Warbler - approx. 13 cm - Duffins Creek - August 2007
Pine Warbler (sexes similar) - approx. 14 cm - Bluffers Park - April 2015
More Pine Warblers
Updated April 20 2015
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Audio - updated June 3 2015
Northern Waterthrush audio
Mourning Warbler (male) - approx. 13 cm - Rouge Park (Glenrouge Campground) - June 2015
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Updated June 9 2015
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Female lacks black patch on breast and is somewhat duller
with lighter grey hood
Magnolia Warbler (juvenile) - approx. 12 cm
Order: Passeriformes (Perching birds)
Family: Parulidae (Warblers)
Genus: Dendroica
Species: Magnolia
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Updated September 5 2016
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrates)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Magnolia Warbler (juvenile) - approx. 12 cm - Leslie Spit (bird banding station) - September 2015
Yellow-rumped Warbler (female) - approx. 14 cm
Order: Passeriformes (Perching birds)
Family: Parulidae (Warblers)
Genus: Dendroica
Species: Coronata
Formerly separated into two species (eastern Myrtle
warbler and western Audubon's warbler)
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Updated February 25 2016
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrates)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (female) - approx. 14 cm - Guildwood Park - October 2015
Black-and-White Warbler (sexes similar) - approx. 12 cm - Leslie Spit - May 2016
Blackpoll Warbler (male) - approx. 14 cm
Order: Passeriformes (Perching birds)
Family: Parulidae (Warblers)
Genus: Dendroica
Species: Striata
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrates)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Blackpoll Warbler (male) in Eastern Cottonwood - approx. 14 cm - Leslie Spit - May 2012
Common Yellowthroat (male) - approx. 13 cm - York Regional Forest (Zephyr Tract) - May 2016
Tennessee Warbler (juvenile?) - approx. 12 cm
Order: Passeriformes (Perching birds)
Family: Parulidae (Warblers)
Genus: Leiothlypis (formerly Oreothlypis, Vermivora)
Species: Peregrina
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrates)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Tennessee Warbler (juvenile?) - approx. 12 cm - Leslie Spit (bird banding station) - October 2016
More Tennessee Warblers
Updated October 10 2016
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Audio - updated October 10 2016
Tennessee Warbler audio
Genus: Oreothlypis (formerly Vermivora)
Genus: Oreothlypis (formerly Vermivora)
Genus: Oreothlypis (formerly Vermivora)
Northern Parula (male) - approx. 12 cm - David Balfour Park Trail - May 2016
Ovenbird (sexes similar) - approx. 15 cm
Order: Passeriformes (Perching birds)
Family: Parulidae (Warblers)
Genus: Seiurus
Species: Aurocapilla (formerly Aurocapillus)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrates)
Class: Aves (Birds)
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Updated January 5 2018
Ovenbird (sexes similar) - approx. 15 cm - University and College - December 2017
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Updated November 2 2018
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Updated November 2 2018
More Common Yellowthroat Warblers
Updated February 6 2021
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More Common Yellowthroat Warblers
Updated February 6 2021
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Updated January 19 2019
Northern Parula (female) - approx. 12 cm - Thickson Woods (Whitby) - May 2014
Wilson's Warbler (male) - approx. 12 cm
Order: Passeriformes (Perching birds)
Family: Parulidae (Warblers)
Genus: Cardellina (formerly Wilsonia)
Species: Pusilla
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrates)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Audio - updated June 8 2019
Pine Warbler audio
Female lacks black crown or has a light gray one
Wilson's Warbler (male) - approx. 12 cm - Leslie Spit - May 2019
Audio - updated June 14 2019
Chestnut-sided Warbler audio
Audio - updated June14 2019
Black-throated Blue Warbler audio
Bay-breasted Warbler (non-breeding) - approx. 14 cm
Order: Passeriformes (Perching birds)
Family: Parulidae (Warblers)
Species: Castanea
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrates)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Juveniles and non-breeding adults have greenish-gray
upper parts and buff underparts
Genus: Setophaga (also Dendroica)
Bay-breasted Warbler (male) - approx. 14 cm
Order: Passeriformes (Perching birds)
Family: Parulidae (Warblers)
Species: Castanea
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrates)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Female is paler - Juveniles and non-breeding adults
(see below) have greenish-gray upper parts and buff
underparts
Genus: Setophaga (also Dendroica)
Bay-breasted Warbler (male) - approx. 14 cm - Leslie Spit - May 2018
Bay-breasted Warbler (juvenile or non-breeding) - approx. 14 cm - Stouffville Conservation Area - September 2020
More Nashville Warblers
Updated November 29 2020
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Updated November 29 2020
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Updated November 29 2020
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Nashville Warbler audio
Audio - updated March 20 2021 (Blue Jay  and
Red-breasted Nuthatch in background)
Palm Warbler (sexes similar) - approx. 13 cm - West Oak Trails (Oakville) - May 2016