black-and-white warbler (Mniotilta varia)
CONFIRMATION STATUS: Confirmed.
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 crown, cheek, and throat (throat white in fall and winter)
White flanks with black streaks
Immature male has grayish cheeks and white throat
White throat, grayish cheeks
Buffy flanks with black streaks
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
Migration Status: Neotropical migrant
Breeding Habitat: Woodland
Nest Location: Ground-low nesting
Nest Type: Open-cup
Clutch Size: 4-5
Length of Incubation: 10 days
Days to Fledge: 8-12
Number of Broods: ?
Diet: Primarily insects
SKY MEADOWS DISTRIBUTION/SEASONAL OCCURRENCE
Relative abundance and seasonal occurrence are indicated in red below.
C - Common: Likely to be present in good numbers in appropriate habitat and season.
U - Uncommon: May be present in appropriate habitat and season, often in low
O - Occassional: Found in appropriate habitat perhaps only a few times per season,
sometimes low numbers.
R - Rare: May not be recorded every year.
Acc - Accidental: Recorded once or twice, may not be expected again for a long time.
Sp - Spring: March, April, May R
Su - Summer: June, July, August R
Fall: September, October, November R
Winter: December, January, February
Crooked Run Valley