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Prothonotary Warbler The Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea) is a small songbird of the New World warbler family. These birds have an olive back with blue-grey wings and tail, yellow underparts, a relatively long pointed bill and black legs. Adult males have a bright orange-yellow head; females and immature birds are duller in colour and have a yellow head. Their breeding habitat is hardwood swamps in southern Canada and the eastern United States. This bird nests in a cavity, sometimes using old Downy Woodpecker nests. The male often builds several incomplete unused nests in his territory; the female builds the real nest. These birds migrate to the West Indies, Central America and northern South America. They forage actively in low foliage in wet areas; these birds mainly eat insects and snails. The song of this bird is a loud repeated tweet-tweet-tweet-tweet. These birds are declining in numbers due to loss of habitat. They are also frequently victimized by the Brown-headed Cowbird. This bird was named after officials in the Roman Catholic Church known as the protonotarii, who wore golden robes.
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