Black-throated Green Warbler

It is 12 cm long and weighs 9 g, and has an olive-green crown, a yellow face with olive markings, a thin pointed bill, white wing bars, an olive-green back and pale underparts with black streaks on the flanks. Adult males have a black throat and upper breast; females have a pale throat and black markings on their breast.

The Black-throated Green Warbler is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

The Black-throated Green Warbler, Dendroica virens, is a small songbird of the New World warbler family. It is 12 cm long and weighs 9 g, and has an olive-green crown, a yellow face with olive markings, a thin pointed bill, white wing bars, an olive-green back and pale underparts with black streaks on the flanks. Adult males have a black throat and upper breast; females have a pale throat and black markings on their breast. More

The Black-throated Green Warbler is a small songbird native to the New World. It is frequently found in coniferous and mixed woodlands of eastern North America and western Canada, or the cypress swamplands of the southern Atlantic coastline. Nests are built near the trunks of trees in an open cup shape. During winter months, the Black-throated Green Warbler typically migrates to Mexico, Central America, the West Indies or southern Florida. This species forages in low vegetation for insects and berries. More

Black-throated Green Warblers forage actively in vegetation, and they sometimes hover-(gleaning), or catch insects in flight-(hawking). Insects are the main constituents of these birds' diets, although berries will occasionally be consumed. The song of this bird is a buzzed zee-zee-zee-zooo-zeet or zoo-zee-zoo-zoo-zeet. The call is a sharp tsip. This bird is vulnerable to nest parasitism by the Brown-headed Cowbird. More

black-throated green warblers, but that doesn’t even compare with a count made in September 1899 in Scioto County, Ohio, where warbler-watcher Rev. W.F. Henninger counted a flock of 2000 warblers, which included 200 black-throated greens and enormous numbers of bay-breasted and blackpoll warblers. “It was,” he wrote, “like a regular army as it moved up a long sloping hillside… Lisping, chipping, whirling, driving,” they raced up the hill with the Reverend in hot pursuit. More

* The black-throated green warbler is a small warbler measuring about 11 to 12 centimetres (four to five inches) long. More

The Black-throated Green Warbler is another species that essentially reaches the southern limit of its breeding range in the eastern mountains of Tennessee. No other songbird found in the state has the combination of a yellow face, olive-green back, and black across the chest, and the unique song is among the easiest of the warbler songs to recognize in the field. The male Black-throated Green Warbler sings persistently from high in the canopy during migration and when it is on its territory. More

Black-throated Green Warbler 15 - Galveston Co, TX - April Black-throated Green Warbler 16 - Galveston Co, TX - April Black-throated Green Warbler 17 - Galveston Co, TX - April Black-throated Green Warbler 18 - Galveston Co, TX - April Black-throated Green Warbler 19 - Galveston Co, TX - April Black-throated Green Warbler 20 - Galveston Co, TX - April Black-throated Green Warbler 21 - Galveston Co, TX - April Black-throated Green Warbler 22 - Galveston Co, TX More

Black-throated Green Warbler is easy to recognize by sight and sound. Its dark black bib and bright yellow face are unique amongst Eastern birds, and its persistent song of "zoo-zee, zoo-zoo-zee" is easy to remember. More

breeding habitat of the Black-throated Green Warbler is coniferous and mixed forests in eastern North America and western Canada and cypress swamps on the southern Atlantic coast. These birds' nests are open cups, which are usually situated close to the trunk of a tree. These birds migrate to Mexico, Central America, the West Indies and southern Florida; some birds straggle as far as South America, with the southernmost couple of records coming from Ecuador. More

The breeding habitat of the Black-throated Green Warbler is coniferous and mixed forests in eastern North America and western Canada and cypress swamps on the southern Atlantic coast. These birds migrate to Mexico, Central America, the West Indies and southern Florida. Breeding / Nesting These birds' nests are open cups, which are usually situated close to the trunk of a tree. More

This Black-throated Green Warbler was present at the Gilbert Water Ranch from 23-24 October. Prior to 1990 there were about 30 records for Arizona, but this represents maybe only the 4th documented record for the state since 1990 (see the photos of the bird on this site from Boyce Thompson Arboretum in Nov 2006 and the Arizona Bird Records Committee Reports elsewhere on this site for further details). More

Black-throated Green Warblers will call loudly when a predator is near. If the predator is a bird such as a hawk or owl, the calls are higher pitched than if the predator is a snake or mammal. Follow the links on the left for additional information. The Birdzilla. More

Bent Life History for the Black-throated Green Warbler - the common name and sub-species reflect the nomenclature in use at the time the description was written. NORTHERN BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER DENDROICA VIRENS VIRENS (Gmelin) HABITS The northern black-throated green warbler I have always associated with the white pine woods, the delightful fragrance of fallen pine needles carpeting the forest floor, and the murmuring of the warm summer breeze. More

The diminutive Black-throated Green Warbler is one of those species jokingly referred to as having a name longer than itself! It is one of the commonest warblers in many parts of its range, and its oft-repeated songs of high-pitched zees and zoos are characteristic summer sounds of northeastern forests. More

The black-throated green warbler is found mainly in boreal coniferous forests, but also mixed forests of coniferous and deciduous. Diet They eat insects and insect larvae. Range They breed in southern Canada, down into the northeastern US and south into the Appalachians as far as northern Alabama. They winter in south Texas, Florida, and through Central America into Colombia. More

Black-throated Green Warbler Information Length: 4.75 - 5" Breeding Habitat: Nests in coniferous, mixed, and occasionally in deciduous forests. Prefers mature woodlands. Black-throated Green Warbler Photo © Mike Danzenbaker Diet: Mainly insects, especially caterpillars, Click to enlarge but also other insects such as beetles, gnats, leaf-rollers, and flies. Also spiders, mites, and some berries. More

The Black-throated Green Warbler has a yellow face with a black throat and upper breast. The crown,.back and wings are olive green with two white wing bars. The contrasting white underparts make a striking combination aiding greatly in quick identification. The female is somewhat duller and the breast is less back but it is otherwise similar to the male. The song is a distinctive buzzy "zeee-zee-zee-zooo-zeee" and one of the easiest to learn of the wood warblers. More