AMERICAN BIRD CONSERVANCY — STEEPEST POPULATION DEClINES OF ANY SONG BIRD — GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER — PLANET EARTH BUTTERFLIES, BEES, BUGS, AND INSECTS group

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The Golden-winged Warbler is a dynamo, practically buzzing with activity as it moves through the trees. It also undertakes an amazing migration, traveling from its breeding grounds in the northeastern United States to wintering areas in Central and South America.

Minnesota's northern forests are home to nearly 50 percent of the world's Golden-winged Warbler population during the summer breeding season. Photo by Greg Lavaty

The species is notable for another reason: It has suffered one of the steepest population declines of any songbird. Since 1966, the species has been reduced by 66 percent, mostly because of habitat loss on its breeding grounds.

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