The three conspicuous yellow spots on head, side and rump make the MYRTLE one of the easiest Warblers to identify. Their distinctive chip callnote is an additional means of identification. They are more hardy than most of the Warblers and I have frequently seen them among the bayberry bushes on the Great South Beach late in November. In the spring migration they are more likely to be found in company with others of the family among the older trees where the brilliant black-and-yellow male flaunts his conspicuous feathers.
North America at large except Western United States; north nearly to the tree limit from Labrador to Alaska.