Listen to the Yellow-rumped warbler
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About the Yellow-rumped warbler
The Yellow-rumped warbler is a bird in the family Parulidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”.
What does the Yellow-rumped warbler sound like?
Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once. Songs tend to be long and patterned and are used to hold territory and attract a mate; calls are short signals for contact, alarm and flight.
The recordings here are labelled as call and 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 yellow-rumped warbler (Setophaga coronata) is a North American bird species that can be commonly observed all across the continent. Its extensive range connects both the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of the U.S. as well as Canada and Central America, with the population concentrated in the continent's northern reaches during the breeding season and migrating southwards to southern North and Central America in the winter. It generally prefers coniferous forests or mixed coniferous-deciduous forests as its breeding habitat, while during the winter it can be found inhabiting more open areas such as shrublands that offer food resources. The yellow-rumped warbler is primarily insectivorous, though the species eats fruit such as juniper berries, especially in winter.
Related birds in the genus Setophaga
Mangrove warbler
Setophaga petechia
Blackpoll warbler
Setophaga striata
Magnolia warbler
Setophaga magnolia
Cape May warbler
Setophaga tigrina
Black-throated blue warbler
Setophaga caerulescens
Hooded warbler
Setophaga citrina
Prairie warbler
Setophaga discolor
Black-throated green warbler
Setophaga virens
More from the family Parulidae
Frequently asked questions
What does a Yellow-rumped warbler sound like?
You can hear 5 recordings of the Yellow-rumped warbler on this page, including its call and song. Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once.
Is the Yellow-rumped warbler endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Yellow-rumped warbler as “least concern”.
What family does the Yellow-rumped warbler belong to?
The Yellow-rumped warbler (Setophaga coronata) belongs to the family Parulidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Call, song · Lake Bemidji State Park, Beltrami, MN by Jonathon Jongsma – CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Goulds, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada by Doug Hynes – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · Bear Head Lake State Park, St. Louis, Minnesota, United… by Jonathon Jongsma – CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call, song · Bear Head Lake State Park, St. Louis, Minnesota, United… by Jonathon Jongsma – CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- La Pona (20-04-2026) - aves y otros sonidos by Luisalvaz – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q18390024 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Yellow-rumped warbler – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Rhododendrites – CC BY-SA 4.0