| Black-and-white Warbler Identification Tips |
| (Credit: U. S. Geological Survey) |
| General Information
- Length: 4.5 inches - Small, active, insect-eating bird - Long thin bill - Creeps along treetrunks and branches like a nuthatch - White supercilium, malar streak and central crown stripe - Black back with white streaks - Black wings with white wing bars - Streaked breast and flanks - Spotted undertail coverts - Black legs Male: - Black crown, cheek, and throat (throat white in Fall and Winter) - White flanks with black streaks - Immature male has grayish cheeks and white throat Female: - White throat, grayish cheeks - Buffy flanks with black streaks Similar species: The Black-and-white Warbler is perhaps the easiest warbler to identify with its distinctive nuthatch-like feeding strategy and contrasting black and white plumage. The male Blackpoll Warbler is also black and white but lacks the white supercilium and doesn't creep along trunks and branches. Length and wingspan from: Robbins, C.S., Bruun, B., Zim, H.S., (1966). Birds of North America. New York: Western Publishing Company, Inc. |
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