Description: Distinctive orange throat and face. Black upperparts with
prominent white wing bar. Fieldmarks less vivid in females. |
Song: A series of thin, high-pitched notes followed by higher
upslurred note. Typical, "seep seep seep seep zee!"
Recording
Produced by: Library of Natural
Sounds at the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology. |
Distribution: Breeds from east-central Alberta east through boreal
Canada to Newfoundland, south through the northern Great Lakes region and along the
Appalachians. Breeding habitat is tall, mature coniferous or mixed woodlands; pine-oak
forests in the Appalachians.
Migration is trans-Gulf, with numbers peaking in the Gulf Coast during the second week of
May. Reaches northernmost breeding grounds mid- to late May.
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