The song of this bird so closely resembles that of the Brook Warbler (Seiurus motacilla) that the listener is apt to mistake it for the latter. Wayne found it to be a permanent resident near Charleston, South Carolina, and Brewster states that its favorite abode was in the open piney woods of Georgia where they spent most of their time searching the larger branches for food with hopping (rather than creeping) motions.
Eastern North America, east of Alleghenies north to Maryland.