- Setophaga nigrescens
Dendroica nigrescens
Identification
11-13cm
Male: Broad white supercilium, bold white wingbars, black streaking on sides, and yellow spot in front of eye.
Female: White chin. The black throat is flecked with white; otherwise markings more subdued.
Distribution
Southwestern British Columbia south to southern California (scattered populations); Nevada; southern Idaho and Wyoming south to Arizona and New Mexico.
Rare vagrant to the northeastern, midwestern, and southeastern United States with records in nearly every state.
Taxonomy
Formerly placed in genus Dendroica.
Subspecies1
- S. n. nigrescens:
- South-western British Columbia and western US; winters southern California to northern Guatemala
- S. n. halseii:
- Northern Baja California, southern Arizona, southern New Mexico and northern Sonora
Habitat
Breeds in most dry wooded areas including coniferous, mixed, chaparral, scrub, oak and pinon forests.
Behaviour
Breeding
Nest usually far out on a branch.
Diet
Diet mostly insectivorous.
Reference
- Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
- Dunn, Jon; Garrett, Kimball. 1997. A Field Guide to Warblers of North America. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. ISBN 9780395783214
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Black-throated Gray Warbler. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 26 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Black-throated_Gray_Warbler
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