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Songbirds

Connecticut Warbler

Oporornis agilis

• rare
• 32 km/h
• Least Concern

Almost never seen in Connecticut. Skulks through bogs and rarely shows itself. Birders travel far for a glimpse.

Population

~1.8 million mature individuals (Partners in Flight, 2019 estimate; data quality rated "poor")

Habitat

Remote boreal muskeg, spruce bogs, and moist poplar/aspen or tamarack forests with dense ground cover during breeding; dense tropical forest understory/thickets in winter and on migration.

Fun fact

The Connecticut Warbler is a notorious ground-skulker that walks (rather than hops) through dense understory like a tiny thrush, and after the recent reclassification of the mourning, Kentucky, and MacGillivray's warblers into Geothlypis, it is now the sole remaining member of the genus Oporornis.

Range

Breeds across central Canada (boreal forest belt) into the western Great Lakes states; migrates mostly through the eastern/central US; winters in the Amazon Basin of northern South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Peru, Brazil).

Diet

Insectivorous — beetles, caterpillars, ants, spiders, and other invertebrates gleaned from the ground and leaf litter, occasionally supplemented with seeds and berries.

Size

0.14 m

Wingspan

0.225 m

Lifespan

4 years