Birds of Venezuela

    PASSERIFORMES: Parulidae (New World Warblers)  
Genus: Protonotaria (1 species, 1 worldwide)



Prothonotary Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea) Female
Los Flamencos Wildlife Sanctuary, Camarones, La Guajira, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Male is bright yellow; female is duller yellow. Likes wet humid areas including mangrove forests, where it checks the mangrove flowers for insects.
Male at mangrove flowers.
Female at mangrove flowers.


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