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Introduction
What the Common Yellowthroat Looks Like
The Common Yellowthroat has overall_color color of olive and yellow and black and white.
The Common Yellowthroat has above_color color of olive and black and white.
The Common Yellowthroat has head color of white.
The Common Yellowthroat has face color of black and white.
The Common Yellowthroat has below_color color of olive and yellow.
The Common Yellowthroat has undertail color of olive.
The Common Yellowthroat has back color of olive.
The Common Yellowthroat has bill color of blackish.
The Common Yellowthroat has wing color of olive.
The Common Yellowthroat has belly color of olive.
The Common Yellowthroat has tail color of olive.
The Common Yellowthroat has chest color of olive.
The Common Yellowthroat has leg color of orangish.
The Common Yellowthroat has neck color of yellow.
Weight, Length, and Wingspan of the Common Yellowthroat
The length of the Common Yellowthroat is from 4.3 inches to 5.1 inches (10.9 cm to 13.0 cm).
The weight of the Common Yellowthroat is from 0.3 ounces to 0.3 ounces (8.5 grams to 8.5 grams).
The wingspan of the Common Yellowthroat is from 5.9 inches to 7.5 inches (15.0 cm to 19.1 cm).
Pictures of the Common Yellowthroat
Feeding Behavior of the Common Yellowthroat
forages in marshes and other areas of low, dense vegetation, looking for insects on the plant`s surface and occasionally momentarily hovering to grab insects from the foliage.
takes infrequent short flights to grab insects in flight and occasionally forages on the ground.
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What the Common Yellowthroat Likes to Eat
The Common Yellowthroat feeds on the following:
- insects (small grasshoppers, dragonflies, damselflies, mayflies, beetles, grubs, cankerworms and other caterpillars, moths, flies, ants, aphids, leafhoppers)
- spiders
- seeds
Where To Find the Common Yellowthroat
You can find the Common Yellowthroat in the following habitats:
- Swamps
- marshes
- wet thickets
- edges
- briars
- moist brushy places
- tangles of rank weeds
- shrubbery along streams
- overgrown fields