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− | [[Image:Blackpoll_Warbler.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Male | + | [[Image:Blackpoll_Warbler.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Male<br />Photo by {{user|Glen+Tepke|Glen Tepke}}.<br /> Public Garden, Boston, [[Massachusetts]], USA, 8 May 2004.]] |
;[[:Category:Setophaga|Setophaga]] striata | ;[[:Category:Setophaga|Setophaga]] striata | ||
''Dendroica striata'' | ''Dendroica striata'' | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
+ | [[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 ]] | ||
+ | 14 cm (5½ in)<br /> | ||
'''All ages''' | '''All ages''' | ||
*Yellow legs (blackish in most other ''[[:Category:Setophaga|Setophaga]]'' species) <br /> | *Yellow legs (blackish in most other ''[[:Category:Setophaga|Setophaga]]'' species) <br /> | ||
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*Two white wing bars<br /> | *Two white wing bars<br /> | ||
'''Female''' | '''Female''' | ||
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*Paler than summer male | *Paler than summer male | ||
*Grey crown and face<br /> | *Grey crown and face<br /> | ||
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*Yellow extending to the belly in young birds. | *Yellow extending to the belly in young birds. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
+ | [[Image:1149IMG 9096warbler1.jpg|thumb|350px|right|First Fall Plumage<br />Photo by {{user|etow|etow}}<br />Ohio, [[USA]], October 2006 ]] | ||
'''Breeds''' in northern boreal forests from [[Alaska]] south to central [[Canada]] (absent only from southern Canada and extreme arctic Canada. In the [[United States]] breeds in northern [[Maine]], [[New Hampshire]], [[Vermont]] and in the Adirondacks and Catskills in [[New York]]. | '''Breeds''' in northern boreal forests from [[Alaska]] south to central [[Canada]] (absent only from southern Canada and extreme arctic Canada. In the [[United States]] breeds in northern [[Maine]], [[New Hampshire]], [[Vermont]] and in the Adirondacks and Catskills in [[New York]]. | ||
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'''Migrates''' mainly through the eastern United States. Their fall migration route is notable, as many take off from south-eastern Canada and north-eastern US and fly non-stop over the western Atlantic to [[South America]]; they average 11 grams when they depart and 7 when they arrive. Scarce on migration west of [[Mississippi]], but a few reach as far west as [[California]], mainly in fall. | '''Migrates''' mainly through the eastern United States. Their fall migration route is notable, as many take off from south-eastern Canada and north-eastern US and fly non-stop over the western Atlantic to [[South America]]; they average 11 grams when they depart and 7 when they arrive. Scarce on migration west of [[Mississippi]], but a few reach as far west as [[California]], mainly in fall. | ||
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==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
====Diet==== | ====Diet==== | ||
− | The diet | + | The diet consists of insects and arthropods, especially spiders. They also eat a few seeds and berries during the autumn and winter. |
====Breeding==== | ====Breeding==== | ||
− | 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. They generally have two broods in the season. |
==References== | ==References== | ||
− | #{{Ref- | + | #{{Ref-Clements6thAug16}}#BF Member observations |
+ | #Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved June 2017) | ||
#Wikipedia | #Wikipedia | ||
+ | {{ref}} | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
− | {{GSearch|Warbler+striata | + | {{GSearch|Setophaga_striat Use Setophaga striata to}} |
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+ | {{GSearch|Dendroica_striat Use Dendroica striata to}} | ||
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Setophaga]] | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Setophaga]] |
Revision as of 21:47, 6 July 2017
- Setophaga striata
Dendroica striata
Identification
14 cm (5½ in)
All ages
- Yellow legs (blackish in most other Setophaga species)
Summer male
- Dark-streaked brown back
- White face
- Black crown
- White underparts with black streaks
- Two white wing bars
Female
- 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 forests from Alaska south to central Canada (absent only from southern Canada and extreme arctic Canada. In the United States breeds in northern Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and in the Adirondacks and Catskills in New York.
Migrates mainly through the eastern United States. Their fall migration route is notable, as many take off from south-eastern Canada and north-eastern US and fly non-stop over the western Atlantic to South America; they average 11 grams when they depart and 7 when they arrive. Scarce on migration west of Mississippi, but a few reach as far west as California, mainly in fall.
Winters in northern South America, mainly in the western Amazon basin, south to about 15°S.
Casual to accidental vagrant to Greenland (7 records), Iceland (6 records), Ireland (9 records), Great Britain (46 records), France (2 records), and Galapagos Islands (1 record).
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Formerly placed in the genus Dendroica.
Habitat
Mature deciduous trees, coniferous forest, particularly spruce, cypress trees in coastal scrub. Swampy woodland. Also urban parks on migration.
Behaviour
Diet
The diet consists of insects and arthropods, especially spiders. They also eat a few seeds and berries during the autumn and winter.
Breeding
The 4-9 eggs are laid in a cup-shaped nest which is placed in a conifer. They generally have two broods in the season.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- BF Member observations
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved June 2017)
- Wikipedia
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Blackpoll Warbler. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 2 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Blackpoll_Warbler
External Links