wood warbler

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wood warbler: References & Edit History

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annotated classification
- In passeriform: Annotated classification
migration patterns
- In migration: In North America

Article Contributors

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Sy Montgomery

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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Added media.	Rick Livingston	Dec 13, 2024
	Media added.	Meg Matthias	Oct 20, 2023
	Invalidated site: Chasing Down Warblers.	Emily Rodriguez	Apr 07, 2020
	Add new Web site: Birds of Britain - Wood Warbler.	Grace Young	May 21, 2014
	Add new Web site: BioKids - New World Warbler.	Grace Young	May 21, 2014
	Add new Web site: BirdWatch Ireland - Wood Warbler.	Grace Young	May 21, 2014
	Added alternative name New World warbler and changed "subfamily Parulinae" to "family Parulidae."	Kara Rogers	Aug 24, 2012
	Photograph of common yellowthroat added.	Erik Gregersen	Nov 08, 2011
	Added image of northern parula warbler.	Richard Pallardy	Jul 23, 2010
	Article revised and updated.	Erik Gregersen	Oct 17, 2008
	Media added.	Erik Gregersen	Oct 17, 2008
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998