4.75 inches long. The Nashville Warbler has a blue-gray head with a bold eye ring and a bright yellow throat. Chestnut feathers in the crown are seldom visible. The upperparts are olive-green and the underparts are yellow including the undertail coverts. There is a variable white area on the belly at the base of legs. There are no wing bars or tail spots. Females are less colorful overall. The Nashville Warbler can be confused with a Connecticut Warbler.. The Connecticut Warbler has a grayish throat and pink legs and pink feet. It walks on the ground with a sluggish motion.
The Nashville Warbler is common in migration. It may be seen in spring from late April through late May and in the fall from late August through late October.
The Nashville Warbler actively forages low in trees and undergrowth often at the tip of branches or stems. It is a solitary warbler. The call note is a sharp “pink”. The song is high-pitched and loud in two parts, “seeta, seeta, seeta, titititititititit” somewhat similar to that of a Tennessee Warbler.
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