Worm-eating Warblers hunt insects in dense understory foliage, especially in clusters of dead leaves and vine tangles. Males sing an insectlike trill that is easily confused with the song of Chipping Sparrow. The species is territorial in nesting and wintering sites but occasionally joins mixed-species flocks in winter.

The worm-eating warbler (Helmitheros vermivorum) is a small New World warbler that breeds in the Eastern United States and migrates to southern Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central America for the winter.

A warbler with a unique color palette, this olive and buff species nests in large forest tracts (often on steep slopes) with rich laurel, rhododendron, holly, or dogwood understories. They use their large, sharp bills to hunt for insects and spiders in foliage and clusters of dead leaves.

A dry trilled song in the undergrowth of deciduous woods in summer announces that the Worm-eating Warbler is at home. Less colorful than most of its relatives, it is also more sluggish, foraging deliberately in the woodland understory or on the ground, probing among dead leaves with its rather long bill.

A plain warbler dressed in subtle shades of olive, brown, and buff. Note black and tan stripes on head and long, sharp bill. Pinkish legs. Skulky, often seen in the understory, probing clumps of dead leaves in search of insects. Breeds in mature deciduous forests, especially on …

Worm eating Warbler. The nest of this active little bird is formed of singular materials, being composed externally of dried mosses and the green blossoms of hickories and chestnut-trees, while the interior is prettily lined with fine fibrous roots, the whole apparently rather small for the size of the occupants.

Worm-eating Warblers breed in deciduous and mixed forest interiors, especially on hillsides or slopes with abundant understory shrubs. They use forests with beech-maple, oak-hickory, hemlock, mountain laurel, and rhododendron in the northern part of their range.

2020年3月4日 · The Worm-eating Warbler is perhaps best known for its habit of hopping through the understory and probing into suspended dead leaves for food—its primary foraging technique on the wintering grounds but also used on the breeding …

Worm-eating Warbler. Kingdom. Animalia. Location in Taxonomic Tree . Species. Helmitheros vermivorus. Identification Numbers. TSN: 178850. Geography. Launch Interactive Map. Working with others to conserve, protect and enhance fish, wildlife, plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people.

The worm-eating warbler (Helmitheros vermivorum) is a small New World warbler that breeds in the Eastern United States and migrates to southern Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central America for the winter.