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Bachman's warbler (Vermivora bachmanii)

Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae

Listing Status:   

General Information

12 cm. Delicate warbler with slender, decurved bill. Adult male, black forecrown, grey hind-crown and nape, yellow forehead, eye-ring, lores, supercilium and throat. Yellow underparts with black patch on upper breast and white undertail. Olive-green upperparts, grey wings with olive fringes and yellow lesser coverts, grey tail with white spots on inner webs of all but central rectrices. First-year male, duller with indistinct black breast patch and no black forecrown. Adult female, duller with whitish eye-ring, no black and less well marked head. First year female, even duller and paler below. Juvenile, brownish, buffy-yellow below, whiter on throat, two buffy wing-bars.

Lead Region:  Southeast Region (Region 4)
Date Listed: Mar 11, 1967

  • States/US Territories in which the Bachman's warbler is known to occur:  South Carolina
  • USFWS Refuges in which the Bachman's warbler is known to occur:  ACE BASIN NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE , CAPE ROMAIN NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE
  • Countries in which the the Bachman's warbler is known to occur:  Cuba

» Federal Register Documents

Most Recent Federal Register Documents (Showing 4 of 4 )
Date Citation Page Title
07/26/2005 70 FR 43171 43173 5-Year Review of 13 Southeastern Species
06/02/1970 35 FR 8491 8498 Part 17 - Conservation of Endangered Species and Other Fish or Wildlife (First List of Endangered Foreign Fish and Wildlife as Appendix A)
04/14/1970 35 FR 6069 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Endangered Species Conservation); 35 FR 6069
03/11/1967 32 FR 4001 Endangered Species List - 1967

» Recovery

Recovery Plan Information Search
Other Recovery Documents (Showing 1 of 1 )
Date Citation Page Title Document Type
07/26/2005 70 FR 43171 43173 5-Year Review of 13 Southeastern Species
  • Notice 5-year Review
  • Five Year Review
    Date Title
    02/09/2007 Bachman's Warbler 5-Year Review

    » Critical Habitat

    No critical habitat rules have been published for the Bachman's warbler.

    » Conservation Plans

    No conservation plans have been created for Bachman's warbler

    » Petitions

    No petition findings have been published for the Bachman's warbler.

    » Life History

    No Life History information has been entered into this system for this species.

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    Last updated: November 22, 2009