Magnolia Warbler

Even among Confusing Fall Warblers (CFWs), Magnolia Warblers can be identified by their yellow, lightly streaked underparts, white wing bars, and gray heads with white eye rings. The white patches in their tails are also distinctive if you can see them as the birds flit through the leaf cover. Spring birds are much more striking. The species was once called the Black-and-yellow Warbler. The species was first collected in a Mississippi magnolia tree, hence its present, relatively misleading name. Although common with healthy populations, relatively little is known about this warbler’s breeding biology. Their breeding range is in the remote North Woods and their nests are hard to find (Dunn and Hall 2010).