NSIS: Florida's Common Land Birds

Most warblers feed primarily on insects but do eat some seeds and fruits. Suet, peanut butter mixtures, and fruit may attract them to feeders.

Prothonotary Warblers will sometimes use nest boxes but most warblers won't. Parulas and Yellow-throated Warblers usually build their nests in a clump of Spanish moss, Pine Warblers nest in pine woods, and Yellowthroats nest in marshes, swamps, and wooded areas.

In addition to those listed below, there are another thirty or more warblers that are regularly found in Florida. Two, Bachman's Warbler and Kirtland's Warbler, are listed as endangered. Bachman's Warbler hasn't been sighted since 1977 and is probably extinct. Kirtland's Warbler has been targetted by conservation efforts since 1974 and since 1990 has shown slight population increases in Florida. It breeds in Michigan, where habitat loss and Brown-headed Cowbird parasitism have been severe threats.

name	area	season	diet/native food plants
Northern Parula	N C S	SpSuF-B SpSuFW-B SpFW	insects*, seeds coffee colubrina, necklace pod, wild tamarind
Orange-crowned Warbler	NCS	SpFW	insects*, seeds coffee colubrina, necklace pod, wild tamarind
Palm Warbler	NCS	SpFW	insects*, fruit, seeds coffee colubrina, necklace pod, wild tamarind
Pine Warbler	NCS	SpSuFW-B	insects*, seeds coffee colubrina, hickory, necklace pod, pine, wild tamarind
Prothonotary Warbler	NC CS	SpSuF-B SpF-M	insects* cypress, gum trees
Yellow Warbler	NCS Keys	SpFW-M SpSuFW-B	insects* alder, willows
Yellow-rumped Warbler	NCS	SpFW	insects*, fruit, seeds American hornbeam, bayberry, coffee colubrina, grasses, goldenrod, necklace pod, pine, red cedar, sunflower, viburnum, wax myrtle, wild tamarind
Yellow-throated Warbler	NC CS	SpSuFW-B SpSuFW-M	insects* live oak, pine
Yellowthroat	NCS	SpSuFW-B	insects* coffee colubrina, necklace pod, wild tamarind
N=north C=central S=south Sp=spring Su=summer F=fall W=winter B=breeds in Florida during season(s) underlined M=Migrant

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