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| | [[Image:Black-throated_Blue_Warbler.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Marcel Gauthier<br>Breeding Male<br/>Location: Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC, Canada]] | | [[Image:Black-throated_Blue_Warbler.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Marcel Gauthier<br>Breeding Male<br/>Location: Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC, Canada]] |
| | [[Image:Black throated blue warbler 2.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Adult Female, Breeding Plumage. Photo by Raulqc.]] | | [[Image:Black throated blue warbler 2.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Adult Female, Breeding Plumage. Photo by Raulqc.]] |
| | + | ;[[:Category:Dendroica|Dendroica]] caerulescens |
| | ==Identification== | | ==Identification== |
| | Adult male unmistakeable; dark blue with black face and black on sides with white belly. | | Adult male unmistakeable; dark blue with black face and black on sides with white belly. |
| | Adult female is plain drab olive-colored with small white spot at base of primaries, white eye-arc, and dark auriculars. | | Adult female is plain drab olive-colored with small white spot at base of primaries, white eye-arc, and dark auriculars. |
| | ==Distribution== | | ==Distribution== |
| - | Breeds in northeastern [[North America]] from western [[Ontario]] and northern [[Michigan]] east to eastern [[Quebec]], [[New Brunswick]] and [[Nova Scotia]] south to [[Pennsylvania]]; also along the Appalachians south to northern [[Georgia]]. Winters in [[Central America]], [[Bahamas]], [[Caribbean]] and the tip of [[Florida]]. Rare to casual vagrant in the west with with the most records in [[California] (over 600 records). | + | Breeds in northeastern [[North America]] from western [[Ontario]] and northern [[Michigan]] east to eastern [[Quebec]], [[New Brunswick]] and [[Nova Scotia]] south to [[Pennsylvania]]; also along the Appalachians south to northern [[Georgia]]. Winters in [[Central America]], [[Bahamas]], [[Caribbean]] and the tip of [[Florida]]. Rare to casual vagrant in the west with with the most records in [[California]] (over 600 records). |
| | ==Taxonomy== | | ==Taxonomy== |
| | Contains two subspecies. | | Contains two subspecies. |
Revision as of 20:31, 3 March 2009
Photo by Marcel Gauthier
Breeding Male
Location: Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC, Canada
Adult Female, Breeding Plumage. Photo by Raulqc.
- Dendroica caerulescens
Identification
Adult male unmistakeable; dark blue with black face and black on sides with white belly.
Adult female is plain drab olive-colored with small white spot at base of primaries, white eye-arc, and dark auriculars.
Distribution
Breeds in northeastern North America from western Ontario and northern Michigan east to eastern Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia south to Pennsylvania; also along the Appalachians south to northern Georgia. Winters in Central America, Bahamas, Caribbean and the tip of Florida. Rare to casual vagrant in the west with with the most records in California (over 600 records).
Taxonomy
Contains two subspecies.
Subspecies1
- D. c. caerulescens - breeds north of central Pennsylvania
- D. c. cairnsi - breeds south of central Pennsylvania south along the Appalachians
Habitat
Nearly always found in shady understory of deciduous and mixed woodlands.
In migration can be found in most woodlands.
Behaviour
Nests in shrubs and small trees. Diet mostly insectivorous but will eat seeds and other vegetable matter in the winter.
Vocalisation
Song: Buzzy and rising at the end.zeeer-zeeer-zeeeeee
Reference
- Dunn, Jon; Garrett, Kimball. 1997. A Field Guide to Warblers of North America. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. ISBN 9780395783214
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