Adult male © Keenan Yakola eBird S36945761 Macaulay Library ML 63693631
Adult female/immature © Jeremiah Trimble
Female © Ryan Schain
Immature female © Evan Lipton
Female/immature © Ryan Sanderson
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Female/immature © Ian Davies
Adult female/immature © Ryan Schain
Female/immature © Daniel Irons
Adult male © Jay McGowan
Female/immature male © Jay McGowan

Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina

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Identification

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Small warbler with sharp bill that is very slightly downcurved. Plumages variable. Bright adult males are yellow below with black streaks, orange cheek patch, and white patch on wing. Dullest immature females are entirely gray with indistinct streaking below, usually with a hint of paler neck sides and greenish edges to wing feathers. Breeds in boreal forest of far northern U.S. and Canada. Winters in the Caribbean and Central America. Even in migration, shows a heavy preference for spruce trees.

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