# Mourning Warbler

*Geothlypis philadelphia*

The 'mourning' in their name refers to the male's grey hood, which early naturalists thought resembled a mourning veil.

- **Taxonomy:** Animalia › Chordata › Aves › Passeriformes › Parulidae › Geothlypis
- **IUCN Red List status:** Least Concern
- **Population trend:** stable
- **Biome:** forest
- **Habitat:** Dense second-growth forests, thickets, and clearings with heavy underbrush.
- **Diet:** Insects, spiders, and occasionally small berries.
- **Range:** Canada, United States, Central America, Northern South America
- **Size:** 13 cm length, 12 g weight
- **Lifespan:** 4-7 years
- **Active:** diurnal
- **Threats:** Habitat loss in wintering grounds and window strikes during migration.
- **Safe to approach?:** This species is harmless to humans. Observe quietly from a distance with binoculars to avoid disturbing their nests, which are often built very low to the ground in dense vegetation.

## About

The mourning warbler ( Geothlypis philadelphia ) is a small songbird of the New World warbler family.

## Sources

- Plate: https://gaia-dex.com/species/f198a7bc-9718-4ee3-b4a3-d640e55caad1
- iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/145224
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geothlypis philadelphia
- Conservation status: IUCN Red List category, as recorded by Gaia-Dex
- Photo: https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/20357505/medium.jpeg (Jason Hill, CC-BY, via iNaturalist)

Habitat, diet, size and similar notes are AI-written summaries; check them against the linked sources before relying on them.