Common Yellowthroats spend much of their time near the ground in thickets or brush that offer good cover. Because they breed almost throughout North America, these birds show a fair amount of geographical variation; as a rule, birds in the West tend to be brighter yellow than their eastern counterparts. At nesting season, the male can be conspicuous, flying up from a perch to deliver a musical medley of notesIdentification Greenish-brown or olive above with bright yellow breast and throat. Male has broad black mask across eyes; female and immature lack mask.
Voice A fast, repeated vritchity-ivitchity-witchity-ivitchity-vrit; call note a tckip or chik.
Habitat Brushy swamps, moist brambles, and thickets, streamside growth, grassy marshes, and forest edges near water.
Range Breeds throughout most of North America; winters from South Carolina and central California southward.
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