CLASS AVES

Nashville Warbler

Animals Kingdom (Animalia)

• Chordates (Phylum Chordata)

• Vertebrates (Subphylum Vertebrata)

• Birds (Class Aves)

The Nashville warbler (Leiothlypis ruficapilla) is a small songbird in the New World warbler family. It is a small warbler with sharply pointed bill, gray head, white eyering, yellow underparts (including throat), and olive upperparts. Forages mainly in the lower parts of trees in open woodlands and in low thickets at forest edges. Takes insects from the ground, and takes them from foliage while perching or hovering. Adults eat beetles, caterpillars, grasshoppers, leafhoppers, aphids, and other insects, including the eggs and larvae of various types. Nestlings are fed caterpillars, small beetles, flies, and other insects.