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Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warbler
[Setophaga coronata coronata]
[Length 5.5 in. Wingspan 9.25 in.]
The "Myrtle" race of the Yellow-rumped Warbler, which has a white throat, breeds across much of southern Canada and Alaska and in the northern US from Minnesota east to Maine.
The "Audubon's" race of the Yellow-rumped Warbler, which has a yellow throat, breeds throughout the western US, western Canada, and southern Alaska.
Each race is common in migration and winter in the southern US in their respective eastern (Myrtle) and western (Audubon's) ranges.
This stunning male "Myrtle" Yellow-rumped Warbler was photographed in northern Minnesota, USA.
Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm f4 EDAF lens on Kodachrome 200 film.
(Date: May 1992)
(use image name "wrbyr1" for inquiries)
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