Female Common Yellowthroat
Geothlypis trichas
Common Yellowthroat · Central Park · 21 September 2025
A female Common Yellowthroat in the low cover of Central Park in September, on her way south to the Gulf coast or beyond. Yellowthroats breed in wet thickets and marsh edge across the whole continent, and they skulk low in dense cover at every season, heard far more than seen.
No black mask, which belongs to the male alone, just the plain olive back and bright yellow throat that make the female considerably harder to place at a glance. One of the most common warblers in North America, and one of the few that will nest in a city marsh.
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