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| − | [[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|Breeding Male<br />Photo © by {{user|Marcel+Gauthier|Marcel Gauthier}}<br />Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, [[Canada]], May 2005]] |
;[[:Category:Setophaga|Setophaga]] caerulescens | ;[[:Category:Setophaga|Setophaga]] caerulescens | ||
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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== | ||
| − | [[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]] | + | [[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). | '''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== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
Revision as of 02:40, 17 June 2018
- Setophaga caerulescens
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
Formerly placed in genus Dendroica.
Subspecies1
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
- 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
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Black-throated Blue Warbler. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 19 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Black-throated_Blue_Warbler
