Yellow Warbler (Galapagos) Photo by Ann Doty

Setophaga petechia aureola

Adult

©Ann Doty

Location: Ecuador > Galápagos
Date: Jun 23, 2019
Caption: #photocontest2019

Isla Fernandina--Punta Espinoza
Galapagos Ecuador
with VENT tour guide Michael O'Brien

The Yellow Warbler is the most strikingly yellow among North American wood-warblers. This species displays extensive morphological variation evidenced in the amounts of chestnut streaking on the breast and, in the more southern populations, with variable amounts of chestnut on the head. The breast streaking usually is more prominent in adult males and less so in females and young.