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Warbler Name used in the New World for birds of the wood warbler family (Parulidae) also in the old world to a large family (Sylviidae) that are small, drab, songsters , which also include the hedge sparrow , the European redbreast or Robin, the Kinglet , the taylor bird of Southeast Asia named for its habit of sewing leaves together for its nest .
There is 119 warbler species in the New World. Generally a small, insectivorous birds with singing ability . The warblers in North America are migratory, spending only the summer north of the tropical regions. In the spring their brightly plumaged, yellow marked with black, gray, olive green, all white, but during the fall they molt and become uniformly drab.
Most are aboreal insect catches like the black and white, the yellow throated, the pine warblers, they live on trees somewhat like nuthatches and are sometimes called creepers. The best known is the yellow warbler or summer yellow bird (also called wild Canary), these ' nest often in gardens. Most warblers build open Cup shaped nests at moderate heights, and they are favored victims' of the parasitic cow bird. Warblers are unusual in that they hybridize . And their value as destroyers of insect and enemies of forest trees |
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