- Dendroica striata
Identification
Summer male - dark-streaked brown back, white face, black crown, white underparts with black streaks, 2 white wing bars. Female - paler version of the summer male, grey crown and face. Non-breeding birds - green heads, dark-streaked green upperparts, yellow breasts, 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. 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).
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
Habitat
Coniferous forest, prefers spruce.
Behaviour
The diet includes insects, but berries are taken in the winter.
4-9 eggs are laid in a cup-shaped nest which is placed in a conifer.
