In this article I’ll be covering 9 unqiue yellow birds that can be found across the state of Maine so, continue reading for a more detailed look at each bird below.

• Baltimore Oriole
• Common Yellowthroat
• American Goldfinch
• American Yellow Warbler
• Yellow Rumped Warbler
• Mourning Warbler
• Eastern Meadowlark
• Cedar Waxwing
• Canada Warbler

9 Yellow Birds In Maine

1. Baltimore Oriole (Icterus Galbula)

• Size: 15 –  20cm
• Weight: 28 – 43 grams
• Wingspan: 23 – 30cm

Baltimore orioles can be found all across Maine when breeding.

These orioles are recognised by their orange, black and white plumage, their head and wings that are a black color, their breast and the underside of the tail yellow with a beak that’s black in color. Females are yellow too but, their head isn’t black like the males.

Baltimore orioles can be found within open deciduous woodlands where they will build their nests within American elms, cottonwoods, and maples. 

As for the types of food they eat, it includes a variety of small insects like ants, wasps. beetles, grasshoppers, flies among others, flower nectar and smaller fruits like berries. They also feed on sugar water found within feeders.

These orioles are known to live for around 11 years in the wild, which is actually on the longer side for birds of their size.

2. Common Yellowthroat (Setophaga Petechia)

• Size: 11 – 14cm
• Weight: 11 – 15 grams
• Wingspan: 15 – 19cm

You’ll find common yellowthroats all throughout Maine when they breed. This will generally be within the spring and summer months.

Common yellowthroats are recognised by their mostly light brown/dirty yellow plumage from their head to tail whilst their throat is a bright yellow color. Females are mostly yellow with small elements of yellow on their tail and chin whilst males have more elements of black on their face.

As for where you can find these yellowthroats, they can be located around swamps, marshes, wet thickets, edges where they will often breed within wet marshes as well. They also nest within briars, moist brushy places, tangles of rank weeds and shrubbery along streams and overgrown fields.

Common yellowthroats are known to eat smaller insects like ants, spiders, and beetles along with seeds and smaller fruits like berries.

These avians can live for around 11 years in the wild.

3. American Goldfinch (Spinus Tristis)

• Size: 11 – 13cm
• Weight: 11 – 20 grams
• Wingspan: 19 – 22cm

American goldfinches are spring and summer breeding residents within the northern part of the state and year round residents in the remainder of Maine. 

These finches are recognised by their yellow, white and black plumage. Their wings are black and white, their forehead is distinguished by the small black patch on it, their under tail is white with the remainder of the body a bright yellow color. Females are far less vibrant with hints of yellow however, are mostly a light brown color.

American goldfinches are found around the edges of forests and plains, around areas filled with brush and thistle plants.

These finches tend to mainly consume seeds that come from the daisy composite family, seeds from weeds, from trees like birches and elm trees, buds, the occasional insect, maple sap, and berries.

American goldfinches are known to live between 2 – 4 years in the wild and upto 9 years in captivity.

4. American Yellow Warbler (Setophaga Petechia)

• Size: 12.5 – 13cm
• Weight: 8 – 16 grams
• Wingspan: 16 – 22cm

You’ll find American yellow warblers in all of Maine throughout their breeding spring and summer seasons.

American Yellow Warblers are recognised by their yellow plumage with streaks of brown on their feathers and back. The males have a few more patterns to their plumage but, both the males and females are mostly yellow in color.

As for the habitats in which these little avians tend to spend the majority of their time, it would be bushes, swamp edges, streams, and gardens.

Yellow warblers tend to consume insects and berries with 2/3 of their diet mostly consisting of small insects like caterpillars,
beetles, damselflies, treehoppers, and more.

These little warblers are known to live upto 10 years although most warblers don’t live nearly as long as that. Often a warblers will live closer to 2 – 5 years in the wild as opposed to the full 10.

5. Yellow Rumped Warbler (Setophaga Coronata)

• Size: 12 – 14cm
• Weight: 12 – 13 grams
• Wingspan: 19 – 23cm

Yellow rumped warblers are breeding residents in all of Maine on a year round basis.

These warblers are recognised by their gray and black wings, tail, back, and head with a black mask like stroke across the eye, with yellow elements on the upper end of the wing, on the top and around the upper breast area. Females tend to be a  gray/brown color whilst males are a little more vibrant.

Yellow rumped warblers are often found around coniferous forests, especially during the breeding season whilst in winter they can be found in open areas with fruiting shrubs.

As for what they eat, it includes insects and berries where the insects are caterpillars, wasps, grasshoppers, gnats, aphids, beetles, and spiders with the berries including bayberry, juniper, wax myrtle, poison ivy, and others.

Warblers are known to live upto 10 years in the wild.

6. Mourning Warbler (Geothlypis Philadelphia)

• Size: 10 -15cm
• Weight: 11 – 13 grams
• Wingspan: 18 – 21cm

You’ll find mourning warblers in southwest Maine when they migrate and the remainder of the state when breeding.

Mourning Warblers are recognised by their silver gray head feathers, yellow breast feathers and greeny/yellow wings. The females are also yellow but have a far lighter brown color on their head instead.

These small birds tend to spend their time in the edges of marshes , in swamps, willow-lined streams, leafy bogs as well as dry areas like thickets, orchards, farmlands, forest edges and suburban yards.

Much like other smaller avians, mourning warblers feed mostly on seeds and insects with the occasional berry or vegetable if they come across some.

Mourning Warblers can also live for a good length of time, roughly around 7 – 8 years.

7. Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella Magna)

• Size: 19 – 28cm
• Weight: 90 – 100 grams
• Wingspan: 35 – 40cm

Eastern meadowlarks are breeding residents within the majority of Maine.

These meadowlarks are recognised by their yellow belly and breast with a black v like shape on their upper breast area, along with a patterned brown and black wings. Female meadowlarks look pretty similar to the males but may be somewhat duller in their color scheme.

You can find eastern meadowlarks around farm fields, grasslands, wet fields, pastures, croplands, roadsides among other more open areas.

As for what they eat, it includes insects like grasshoppers, crickets, beetles and their larvae, caterpillars, ants, true bugs, seeds and other smaller berries.

As for how long their lifespan is, it will often be around the 10 year mark.

8. Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla Cedrorum)

• Size: 15 – 18cm
• Weight: 25 – 35 grams
• Wingspan: 22 – 30cm

Cedar waxwings can be found all across the southern region of Maine on a year round basis and in the remainder of the state when they breed.

They’re recognised by their plumage that has elements of yellow across their body which can be found on their tail and breast with the remainder of their body a gradient brownish/gray color, a mask shaped black element on their face and a red strip on their wings. Females look very similar to males with the main tell tail difference being darker coloration on the males chin.

Cedar waxwing can be found around open woodlands, fruiting trees, forest edges, streamsides, overgrown fields, edges of swamps, suburban yards and orchards. In the winter months, they can sometimes be seen spending their time in towns.

These avians are known to mostly eat fruits and berries with the ones they feed on most often being juniper, dogwood, and wild cherries. They also drink the juices from flowers and eat a variety of small insects like beetles, ants, caterpillars etc.

As for their lifespan, they are often known to live for 8 years in the wild.

9. Canada Warbler (Cardellina Canadensis)

• Size: 12 – 15cm
• Weight: 9 – 13 grams
• Wingspan: 17 – 22cm

Canada warblers can be seen in all of Maine in their season of breeding, which typically encompasses the spring and summer months.

These warblers are recognised by their mostly gray back and wings, yellow belly, neck and breast with a black patterned area around their neck. Females look very similar but don’t have the black pattern around their neck.

As for you where you’ll find Canada warblers, they’ll often be seen around many types of forests, from conifer swamps to riparian woodlands and are most commonly found in cool, damp, mixed deciduous-coniferous forests with well-developed shrub layers. 

They tend to mostly consume insects from flying insects like bees, flies, wasps to spiders, cicadas, grasshoppers etc.

These Canadian warblers tend to live for around 6 – 8 years.