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| - | ;Dendroica caerulescens | + | [[Image:Black-throated_Blue_Warbler.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Breeding Male<br />Photo by {{user|Marcel+Gauthier|Marcel Gauthier}}<br />Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, [[Canada]], May 2005]] |
| - | [[Image:Black-throated_Blue_Warbler.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Marcel Gauthier]] | + | ;[[:Category:Setophaga|Setophaga]] caerulescens |
| - | ==Description== | + | ''Dendroica caerulescens'' |
| - | Nearly always found in shady understory of woodlands. Breeds in northeastern North America and winters south of the US and the tip of Florida. | + | |
| | ==Identification== | | ==Identification== |
| - | Location: Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC, Canada | + | Adult '''male''' unmistakeable; dark blue with black face and black on sides with white belly.<br /> |
| | + | Adult '''female''' is plain drab olive-colored with small white spot at base of primaries, white eye-arc, and dark auriculars. |
| | + | ==Distribution== |
| | + | [[Image:Black throated blue warbler 2.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Adult Female, Breeding Plumage<br /> Photo by {{user|Raulqc|Raulqc}}<br />[[Green Cay Wetlands]], [[Florida]], April 2008]] |
| | + | '''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]].<br /> '''Winters''' in [[Central America]], [[Bahamas]], [[Caribbean]] and the tip of [[Florida]]. <br />'''Rare''' to casual '''vagrant''' in the west with with the most records in [[California]] (over 600 records). |
| | + | ==Taxonomy== |
| | + | Formerly placed in genus [[:Category:Dendroica|Dendroica]]. |
| | + | ====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|1]]</sup>==== |
| | + | Contains two subspecies: |
| | + | *''S. c. caerulescens'': |
| | + | :*South-eastern [[Canada]] to north-eastern [[US]]; winters to [[Bahamas and [[Greater Antilles]] (breeds north of central [[Pennsylvania]]) |
| | + | *''S. c. cairnsi'': |
| | + | :*East-central [[US]]; winters to [[Bahamas]] and [[Greater Antilles]] (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== |
| | + | ====Breeding==== |
| | + | Nests in shrubs and small trees. |
| | + | ====Diet==== |
| | + | 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== |
| | + | #{{Ref-Clements6thAug11}}# Dunn, Jon; Garrett, Kimball. 1997. ''A Field Guide to Warblers of North America''. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. ISBN 9780395783214 |
| | + | {{ref}} |
| | ==External Links== | | ==External Links== |
| - | *[http://www.birdforum.net/pp_gallery/showgallery.php?si=Dendroica caerulescens View more images of Black-throated Blue Warbler in the gallery] | + | {{GSearch|Warbler+caerulescens}} |
| - | [[Category:Birds]] | + | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Setophaga]] |
Current revision
- Setophaga caerulescens
Dendroica caerulescens
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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).
[edit] Taxonomy
Formerly placed in genus Dendroica.
[edit] Subspecies1
Contains two subspecies:
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[edit] Habitat
Nearly always found in shady understory of deciduous and mixed woodlands.
In migration can be found in most woodlands.
[edit] Behaviour
[edit] Breeding
Nests in shrubs and small trees.
Diet mostly insectivorous but will eat seeds and other vegetable matter in the winter.
[edit] Vocalisation
Song: Buzzy and rising at the end, zeeer-zeeer-zeeeeee.
[edit] Reference
- Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
- Dunn, Jon; Garrett, Kimball. 1997. A Field Guide to Warblers of North America. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. ISBN 9780395783214
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