Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia)
The Black-and-white Warbler breeds from Canada to the southern USA and winters in southern USA, the West Indies, Central America and northern South America. It is found in forests and gardens.
Black-and-white warbler Mniotilta varia
Identification Tips:
Length: 4.5 inches
Small, active, insect-eating bird
Long thin bill
Creeps along treetrunks and branches like a nuthatch ...
Song: Black-and-White Warbler song
Migration: Summers in much of the eastern U.S., southern Canada, and locally elsewhere. Winters along the Gulf Coast and points south.
Similar Species: Blackpoll Warbler, Black-throated Gray Warbler ...
Black-and-white Warbler
Mniotilta varia
The Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) is a fairly common nesting bird across much of the eastern United States and parts of Canada.
Black-and-white Warbler Behaviour
No observations regarding Black-and-white Warbler behavior have been submitted to the database yet.
Interesting Facts about Black-and-white Warblers ...
The song of the black-and-white warbler has been compared to the sound of a squeaky wheelbarrow: it is a series of high, thin wee-see notes.
Black-and-white Warbler
(Mniotilta varia)
Status: Migrant.
Last recorded on site in 2010
The Patuxent web-site provides more general information about this species.
Occurs as a fairly common migrant in wooded areas of the lab.
Black-and-white Warbler
Mniotilta varia (Linnaeus)
Status Common in summer, very rare in winter. Breeds. It is generally among the earliest warblers to arrive (average 6 May, earliest 29 April). A bird in a Halifax garden on 2 April 1974 (W.J.
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia)
Blackburnian Warbler (Dendroica fusca)
Blackpoll Warbler (Dendroicas straita) ...
Black-and-white Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Downy Woodpecker ...
Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia. Breeder. Common in spring, summer, and fall, and occasional in winter in Tennessee Valley and Mountain regions. In Inland Coastal Plain, common in spring and fall, rare in summer, and occasional in winter.
Black-and-white Warbler
Summer Sighting Information: uncommon
Nest on or near Refuge? no
Blackburnian Warbler
Summer Sighting Information: rare
Nest on or near Refuge? no ...
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia)
Black-throated Blue Warbler (Dendroica caerulescens)
Black-throated Gray Warbler (Dendroica nigrescens)
Black-throated Green Warbler (Dendroica virens)
Blackburnian Warbler (Dendroica fusca) ...
along with reports of a Northern Waterthrush and a Black-and-white Warbler
on Plum Island yesterday (where neither breeds) I think indicates some very
early post-breeding dispersal/migration following the arrival of the recent
cold front.
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Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia: Pennypacker Park, Camden, NJ, 18 Apr
American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla: Central Park, Manhattan, NY, 01 May
Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea: Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY, 30 Apr ...
 See also: Warbler, Redstart, Common Yellowthroat, Yellow Warbler, Yellowthroat
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