Be aware that Hermit/Townsend's Warbler hybrids can sound similar to pure Hermit Warblers, so try to see the singer to confirm your identification. Pre-breeding migratory season. Hermit Warblers will use forests that have been lightly thinned, but will not inhabit heavily thinned or clear-cut stands. The Hermit Warbler has a large range, estimated globally at 340,000 square kilometers. Listen for the buzzy, rising songs of Hermit Warblers in springtime on calm mornings. Pure Hermit Warblers are found in southern Washington, from Mount Adams and Mount Rainier west, north to the southern Olympic Peninsula. Hermit warblers are dark gray in coloration on top, and white below, and their flanks are streaked with black. Non-breeding season. It's estimated that they became distinct species sometime in the late Pleistocene, an epoch that ended 11,700 years ago. On wintering grounds, in the cool pine-oak forests of Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras, Hermit Warblers forage among flocks of warblers and other birds, often just above eye level. Native to Mexico, the United States, Nicaragua, Honduras, and El Salvador, this bird prefers forest ecosystems that are temperate, subtropical, or tropical. The Hermit Warbler has a large range, estimated globally at 340,000 square kilometers. Title Hermit Warbler Range - CWHR B438 [ds1633] Publication date 2016-02-0100:00:00 Presentation formats digital map FGDC geospatial presentation format vector digital data Other citation details These are the same layers as appear in the CWHR System software. Range. John Kirk Townsend first described and named this warbler in 1837 from a pair collected at Fort Vancouver (now Vancouver, Washington) near the Columbia River. With Audubon's climate model projecting a 60 percent loss of current summer range by 2080, climate change adds another threat. This map depicts the range boundary, defined as the areas where the species is estimated to occur at a rate of 5% or more for at least one week within each season. The hybrid zones are rather narrow and appear to be slowly moving northward, with the more aggressive Townsend's Warbler displacing the Hermit Warbler. Title Hermit Warbler Range - CWHR B438 [ds1633] Publication date 2016-02-0100:00:00 Presentation formats digital map FGDC geospatial presentation format vector digital data Other citation details These are the same layers as appear in the CWHR System software. Native to Mexico, the United States, Nicaragua, Honduras, and El Salvador, this bird prefers forest ecosystems that are temperate, subtropical, or tropical. Es ist eine Art von New World Warbler. Males are almost entirely yellow-headed with black nape and throat, gray upperparts with white wingbars, and whitish underparts. Similar looking birds to Hermit Warbler: Golden-cheeked Warbler Male, Golden-cheeked Warbler Female, Townsend's Warbler Adult male, Townsend's Warbler Immature, Black-throated Green Warbler Adult male, Black-throated Green Warbler Adult female . Hermit warblers are common, but incredibly shy, birds that dwell in open coniferous forests. The global population of this bird is estimated at 2,400,000 individuals and does not show signs of decline that would necessitate inclusion on the IUCN Red List. Hermit Warblers require specialized habitat, and that habitat (mature coniferous forest) is at risk from logging within their range. Breeding season . The Hermit Warbler's golden face shines like a beacon as it flits through Pacific Northwest mountain forests. Their summer breeding range is the majority of the west coast of the United States up to Washington. On wintering grounds, in the cool pine-oak forests of Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras, Hermit Warblers forage among flocks of warblers and other birds, often just above eye level.