Yellow-Throated Warbler (Dendroica dominica)


Group	Warblers
Code	ABPBX03130
Order	Passeriformes
Family	Parulidae
Author	(Linnaeus, 1776)
Rank	G5 (definitions)
Occurrence	SM (definitions)
Scale	S (definitions)

County List:


Western UP	none
Eastern UP	none
Northern LP	none
Southern LP	Branch, St. Joseph, Hillsdale, Livingston, Berrien

Rule:

Forested or Mixed Forested/Nonforested Landscapes

      (Bottomland Hardwoods (Sm Saw or Lg Saw or Uneven))
   adjacent to:
      Riparian

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Habitat List:

Habitats	Regen	Sap	Pole	Sm Saw	Lg Saw	Uneven
Aspen	no	no	no	no	no	-
Paper Birch	no	no	no	no	no	-
Oak	no	no	no	no	no	no
Assorted Hardwoods	no	no	no	no	no	no
Northern Hardwoods	no	no	no	no	no	no
Spruce/Fir	no	no	no	no	no	no
Hemlock	no	no	no	no	no	no
Jack Pine	no	no	no	no	no	no
Red Pine	no	no	no	no	no	no
White Pine	no	no	no	no	no	no
Conifer Plantations	no	no	no	no	no	-
Mixed Upland Hardwoods	no	no	no	no	no	no
Mixed Northern Hardwoods	no	no	no	no	no	no
Mixed Upland Conifer	no	no	no	no	no	no
Mixed Pine	no	no	no	no	no	no
Swamp Hardwoods	no	no	no	no	no	no
Balsam Poplar & Swamp Aspen & Swamp Birch	no	no	no	no	no	no
Bottomland Hardwoods	no	no	no	YES	YES	YES
Tamarack	no	no	no	no	no	no
Northern White Cedar	no	no	no	no	no	no
Black Spruce	no	no	no	no	no	no
Mixed Lowland Hardwoods	no	no	no	no	no	no
Mixed Lowland Conifer	no	no	no	no	no	no
Non-Forested	none
Special Features	Riparian

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Literature:

Evers, D. C. 1991. Yellow-throated Warbler. Pages 410-411 In: R. Brewer, G. A. McPeek, and R. J. Adams, Jr. (eds.) The atlas of breeding birds of Michigan. Michigan State University Press, East Lansing. 594 pp.

Habitat: The Yellow-throated Warbler prefers floodplain forests with sycamore in Michigan. In a large part of its southern range, it also occurs in live oak, pine, and cypress habitats where large trees are available. Regionally this warbler generally is restricted to these habitats and, in the South, to areas with Spanish moss.

The only known Michigan population occurs along two tributaries of the Galien River in Berrien Co. This riverine habitat has sycamores which rise above a lower closed canopy of mature basswood, red maple, silver maple, ash, and American elm. The vertical structure of this habitat is such that the larger sycamores probably define the territory edges of nesting pairs; nearly all singing males detected during the Atlas period along the Galien's tributaries were in isolated clumps of sycamore. Nests are typically placed in the highest branches of sycamores. The few historical nests were, according to Barrows (1912), "at least seventy feet from the ground" and "on one of the highest branches of a very tall tree."

Kaufman, K. 1996. Lives of North American Birds. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, Massachusetts. 675 pp.

In the Midwest they are typically found in riverside groves of sycamores.

Habitat: Open woodlands, groves, especially live oaks, pines, sycamores. Breeds in a variety of southern forest types. In Mississippi Valley, also breeds along streams in bottomland woods, especially of sycamores.

Diet: Mostly insects. Feeds on many insects including beetles, moths, caterpillars, grasshoppers, crickets, flies, mosquitoes, ants, scale insects, aphids, and others; also spiders.

Nest: Placed in Spanish moss at end of branch. Where Spanish moss does not occur, nest is placed on high branch of pine, sycamore, or cypress, usually 30-60 feet up, sometimes 4-120 feet above ground. Nest is an open cup made of grass, moss, bark strips, weeds, and caterpillar webs, lined with plant down and feathers.