Yellow-rumped Warbler

A yellow rump is present in every plumage, usually joined by yellow side patches and sometimes a yellow crown. Breeding males are boldly patterned gray, black, and white; western birds typically show a yellow throat, while eastern birds usually show a white throat.

Breeds across boreal North America and western mountain forests. It winters across the southern United States, Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and locally along mild northern coasts.

Coniferous and mixed forest while breeding; woodland edges, shrublands, parks, coastal vegetation, and fruiting thickets during migration and winter.

Insects and spiders in warmer months, with berries, especially wax myrtle, bayberry, juniper, and poison ivy fruit, important in winter.