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*Two white wing bars<br />
 
*Two white wing bars<br />
 
'''Female'''
 
'''Female'''
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[[Image:1117040516 Blackpoll Warbler 0364.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female<br />Photo by {{user|Glen+Tepke|Glen Tepke}}<br />Central Park, [[New York]], [[USA]], May 2004 ]]
 
*Paler than summer male
 
*Paler than summer male
*Grey crown and face<brc />
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*Grey crown and face<br />
 
'''Non-breeding'''
 
'''Non-breeding'''
 
*Green heads
 
*Green heads
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==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
 
'''Breeds''' in northern boreal areas from [[Alaska]] south to central [[Canada]] (absent only from southern [[Canada]] and extreme arctic [[Canada]]. In the United States found in northern [[Maine]], [[New Hampshire]], [[Vermont]] and in the Adirondacks and Catskills in [[New York]].
 
'''Breeds''' in northern boreal areas from [[Alaska]] south to central [[Canada]] (absent only from southern [[Canada]] and extreme arctic [[Canada]]. In the United States found in northern [[Maine]], [[New Hampshire]], [[Vermont]] and in the Adirondacks and Catskills in [[New York]].
 
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[[Image:1149IMG 9096warbler1.jpg|thumb|350px|right|First Fall Plumage<br />Photo by {{user|etow|etow}}<br />Ohio, [[USA]], October 2006 ]]
 
'''Winters''' in [[South America]]. Casual to accidental '''vagrant''' to [[Greenland]] (7 records), [[Iceland]] (6 records), [[Great Britain]] (35 records), [[France]] (2 records), and [[Galapagos Islands]] (1 record).
 
'''Winters''' in [[South America]]. Casual to accidental '''vagrant''' to [[Greenland]] (7 records), [[Iceland]] (6 records), [[Great Britain]] (35 records), [[France]] (2 records), and [[Galapagos Islands]] (1 record).
  
 
Blackpolls are notable for their fall migration route, when they take off from south-eastern [[Canada]] and north-eastern [[US]] and fly non-stop over the Atlantic to northern [[South America]]. They average 11 grams when they depart and 7 when they arrive.
 
Blackpolls are notable for their fall migration route, when they take off from south-eastern [[Canada]] and north-eastern [[US]] and fly non-stop over the Atlantic to northern [[South America]]. They average 11 grams when they depart and 7 when they arrive.
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
This is a monotypic species.
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This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
Coniferous forest, prefers spruce.
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Mature deciduous trees, coniferous forest, particularly spruce, cypress trees in coastal scrub. Swampy woodland. Also urban parks on migration.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
 
====Diet====
 
====Diet====
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The 4-9 eggs are laid in a cup-shaped nest which is placed in a conifer.
 
The 4-9 eggs are laid in a cup-shaped nest which is placed in a conifer.
 
==References==
 
==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thDec09}}#BF Member observations
 
#Wikipedia
 
#Wikipedia
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Dendroica+striata}}
 
{{GSearch|Dendroica+striata}}
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Dendroica]]
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Dendroica]]

Revision as of 22:00, 27 May 2010

Male. Photo by Glen Tepke.
Public Garden, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 8 May 2004.
Dendroica striata

Identification

Summer male

  • Dark-streaked brown back
  • White face
  • Black crown
  • White underparts with black streaks
  • Two white wing bars

Female

Female
Photo by Glen Tepke
Central Park, New York, USA, May 2004
  • Paler than summer male
  • Grey crown and face

Non-breeding

  • Green heads
  • Dark-streaked green upperparts
  • Yellow breast
  • Yellow extending to the belly in young birds.

Distribution

Breeds in northern boreal areas from Alaska south to central Canada (absent only from southern Canada and extreme arctic Canada. In the United States found in northern Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and in the Adirondacks and Catskills in New York.

First Fall Plumage
Photo by etow
Ohio, USA, October 2006

Winters in South America. Casual to accidental vagrant to Greenland (7 records), Iceland (6 records), Great Britain (35 records), France (2 records), and Galapagos Islands (1 record).

Blackpolls are notable for their fall migration route, when they take off from south-eastern Canada and north-eastern US and fly non-stop over the Atlantic to northern South America. They average 11 grams when they depart and 7 when they arrive.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Mature deciduous trees, coniferous forest, particularly spruce, cypress trees in coastal scrub. Swampy woodland. Also urban parks on migration.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes insects, but berries are taken in the winter.

Breeding

The 4-9 eggs are laid in a cup-shaped nest which is placed in a conifer.

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
  2. BF Member observations
  3. Wikipedia

External Links

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