Blackburnian Warbler

Dendroica fuscaOrder: PASSERIFORMES Family: Wood Warblers (Parulidae)

Codes: Common Name: BLBW Scientific Name: DENFUS ITIS Taxonomic No.: 178904

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Overview

Blackburnian Warbler: Medium warbler, yellow-orange head, black cap and cheek patch, and orange throat. Upperparts are black with white stripes and underparts are white with black- streaked flanks. Wings have prominent white patches. The tail is black with white on outer tail feathers.

Range and Habitat

Blackburnian Warbler: Breeds from Saskatchewan east to Nova Scotia, south to the Great Lakes, southern New England, and in mountains to northern Georgia. Spends winters in the tropics. Preferred habitats include mixed forests of hemlock, spruce, and various hardwoods.

Topo Map: Perching-like Body

Listen to Call

Similar Sounding

Voice Text

"sleet-sleet-sleet-sleet-sleetee-sleeeeeee"

Interesting Facts

A group of warblers has many collective nouns, including a "bouquet", "confusion", "fall", and "wrench" of warblers.

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Blackburnian Warbler

● Song: "sleet-sleet-sleet-sleet-sleetee-sleeeeeee"

● Foraging & Feeding: Blackburnian Warbler: Eats caterpillars and beetles, hopping from limb to limb high in tall trees. Also hawks insects, flying from a perch to grab them in mid-air.

● Breeding & nesting: Blackburnian Warbler: Four to five brown spotted and blotched, white or pale green eggs are laid in a twig nest lined with lichens, mosses, and hair, usually built high in a large conifer. Incubation ranges from 11 to 12 days and is carried out by the female.

● Similar species: Blackburnian Warbler: Fall Black-throated Green Warbler is similar but has green cheeks and crown that do not contrast much with yellow behind eye. Townsend's Warbler has a more striking face pattern with darker cheeks and crown.

Flight Pattern

Swift direct flight with rapid wing beats.

Blackburnian Warbler Breeding Male Body Illustration

● Range & Habitat: Blackburnian Warbler: Breeds from Saskatchewan east to Nova Scotia, south to the Great Lakes, southern New England, and in mountains to northern Georgia. Spends winters in the tropics. Preferred habitats include mixed forests of hemlock, spruce, and various hardwoods.

^BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester

^PopulationFairly common in coniferous range

^MigrationMigratory

^Weight0.4 Ounces

Perching-like Body

Underparts

Belly, undertail coverts, chest, flanks, and foreneck.

Upperparts

Back, rump, hindneck, wings, and crown.

Cap

The area on top of the head of the bird.

Outer tail feathers

The tail feathers farthest from the center.

4 and 6 letter alpha codes

The four letter common name alpha code is is derived from the first two letters of the common first name and the first two letters of common last name. The six letter species name alpha code is derived from the first three letters of the scientific name (genus) and the first three letters of the scientific name (species). See (1) below for the rules used to create the codes..

Four-letter (for English common names) and six-letter (for scientific names) species alpha codes were developed by Pyle and DeSante (2003, North American Bird-Bander 28:64-79) to reflect A.O.U. taxonomy and nomenclature (A.O.U. 1998) as modified by Supplements 42 (Auk 117:847-858, 2000) and 43 (Auk 119:897-906, 2002). The list has been updated by Pyle and DeSante to reflect changes reported by the A.O.U from 2003 through 2006.

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