This warbler has rich red-brown and creamy buff in summer, then becomes mostly green and white in fall. It searches lower branches of conifers on its breeding grounds.
In summer, its gray plumage is marked with red-brown and creamy buff; in fall, the plumage is mostly green and white.
During breeding it searches conifer foliage for insects, including spruce budworm larvae, and small spiders. In winter it also eats fruit.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.