Length: 4.75 inches | Wingspan: 8 inches | Seasonality: Migrant |
ID Keys: (Male): Blue back, white throat and underparts, black
"necklace".
ID Keys (Female): Duller, slight bluish tinge on back, light eyebrow, crisp white wing-bars. |
Cerulean Warblers are
becoming a less and less common sight in the eastern United States, as habitat
loss and fragmentation is thought to be behind a steady decline in recent
decades. They are also fairly common hosts to Cowbird
parasitism. They have been found fairly regularly in Newton Hills State Park,
but there are no regular records of breeding there (SDOU).
3) Audubon Guide - Cerulean Warbler
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South Dakota Status: Rare spring migrant in the eastern part of the state. Rare in summer in the extreme southeastern corner of the state. |