WARBLING VIREO (Vireo gilvus) Vireo or Greenlet family
Length: 5.5 to 6 inches. A little smaller than the English sparrow. Male and Female: Ashy olive-green above, with head and neck ash-colored. Dusky line over the eye. Underneath whitish, faintly washed with dull yellow, deepest on sides; no bars on wings. Range: North America, from Hudson […]
WHIPPOORWILL (Antrostomus vociferus) Goatsucker family
Called also: WHIP-POOR-WILL
Length: 9 to 10 inches. About the size of the robin. Apparently much larger, because of its long wings and wide wingspread. Male: A long-winged bird, mottled all over with reddish brown, grayish black, and dusky white; numerous bristles fringing the large mouth. A narrow white band across […]
WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH (Sitta carolinensis) Nuthatch family
Called also: TREE-MOUSE; DEVIL DOWNHEAD
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW (Zonotrichia leucophrys) Finch family
Length: 7 inches. A little larger than the English sparrow. Male: White head, with four longitudinal black lines marking off a crown, the black-and-white stripes being of about equal width. Cheeks, nape, and throat gray. Light gray underneath, with some buff tints. Back dark grayish brown. some feathers margined […]
WHITE-EYED VIREO (Vireo noveboracensis) Vireo or Greenlet family
Male: 5 to 5.3 inches. An inch shorter than the English sparrow. Male and Female: Upper parts bright olive-green, washed with grayish. Throat and underneath white; the breast and sides greenish yellow; wings have two distinct bars of yellowish white. Yellow line from beak to and around […]
WHITE-THROATED SPARROW (Zonotrichia albicollis) Finch family
Called also: PEABODY BIRD; CANADA SPARROW
Length: 6.75 to 7 inches. Larger than the English sparrow. Male and Female: A black crown divided by narrow white line. Yellow spot before the eye, and a white line, apparently running through it, passes backward to the nape. Conspicuous white throat. Chestnut back, […]
WILSON’S THRUSH (Turdus fuscescens) Thrush family
Called also: VEERY; TAWNY THRUSH
Length: 7 to 7.5 inches. About one-fourth smaller than the robin. Male and Female: Uniform olive-brown, with a tawny cast above. Center of the throat white, with cream-buff on sides of throat and upper part of breast, which is lightly spotted with wedge-shaped, brown points. […]
WILSON’S WARBLER (Sylvania pusila) Wood Warbler family
Called also: BLACKCAP; GREEN BLACK-CAPPED WARBLER; WILSON’S FLYCATCHER
Length: 4.75 to 5 inches. About an inch and a half shorter than the English sparrow. Male: Black cap; yellow forehead; all other upper parts olive-green; rich yellow underneath. Female: Lacks the black cap. Range: North America, from Alaska and Nova […]
WINTER WREN (Troglodytes biemalis) Wren family
Length: 4 to 4.5 inches. About one-third smaller than the English sparrow. Apparently only half the size. Male and Female: Cinnamon-brown above, with numerous short, dusky bars. Head and neck without markings. Underneath rusty, dimly and finely barred with dark brown. Tail short. Range: United States, east and west, […]
WOOD PEWEE (Contopus virens) Flycatcher family
Length: 6.50 inches. A trifle larger than the English sparrow. Male: Dusky brownish olive above, darkest on head; paler on throat, lighter still underneath, and with a yellowish tinge on the dusky gray under parts. Dusky wings and tail, the wing coverts tipped with soiled white, forming two indistinct […]
WOOD THRUSH (Turdus mustelinus) Thrush family
Called also: SONG THRUSH; WOOD ROBIN; BELLBIRD
Length: 8 to 8.3 inches. About two inches shorter than the robin. Male and Female: Brown above, reddish on head and shoulders, shading into olive-brown on tail. Throat, breast, and underneath white, plain in the middle, […]
WORM-EATING WARBLER (Helmintherus vermivorus) Wood Warbler family
Length: 5.50 inches. Less than an inch shorter than the English sparrow. Male and Female: Greenish olive above. Head yellowish brown, wth two black stripes through crown to the nape; also black lines from the eyes to neck. Under parts buffy and white. Range: Eastern parts of United […]