Listen to the Cape May warbler
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About the Cape May warbler
The Cape May warbler is a bird in the family Parulidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults weigh around 11 g.
What does the Cape May warbler sound like?
Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
The recordings here are labelled as song. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The Cape May warbler (Setophaga tigrina) is a species of New World warbler. It breeds in northern North America. Its breeding range spans all but the westernmost parts of southern Canada, the Great Lakes region, and New England. It is migratory, wintering in the West Indies. This species is a very rare vagrant to western Europe, with two records in Britain as of October 2013. The English name refers to Cape May, New Jersey, where George Ord collected the specimen that was later described by Alexander Wilson.
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Black-throated green warbler
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Frequently asked questions
What does a Cape May warbler sound like?
You can hear 1 recording of the Cape May warbler on this page, including its song. Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
Is the Cape May warbler endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Cape May warbler as “least concern”.
What family does the Cape May warbler belong to?
The Cape May warbler (Setophaga tigrina) belongs to the family Parulidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Song · Bear Head Lake State Park, St. Louis, Minnesota, United… by Jonathon Jongsma – CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q27075908 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Cape May warbler – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by DickDaniels ( http://theworldbirds.org/ ) – CC BY-SA 3.0