Species profile
Common Yellowthroat
Geothlypis trichas
Quick answer
A masked marsh warbler singing witchety-witchety.
- Scientific name
- Geothlypis trichas
- Family
- Parulidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Geothlypis
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Habitat
Marshes, wet thickets
Recording Common Yellowthroat in your journal
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Related species in Parulidae
- Adelaide's Warbler (Setophaga adelaidae)
- Altamira Yellowthroat (Geothlypis flavovelata)
- Arrowhead Warbler (Setophaga pharetra)
- Audubon’s Warbler (Setophaga auduboni)
- Bachman's Warbler (Vermivora bachmanii)
- Bahama Warbler (Setophaga flavescens)
- Bahama Yellowthroat (Geothlypis rostrata)
- Baird's Yellowthroat (Geothlypis bairdi)