Black-throated Green Warbler
(Setophaga virens)
Conservation • Description • Habitat • Ecology • Distribution • Taxonomy
Conservation Status |
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| IUCN Red List | LC - Least Concern |
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| NatureServe | N5B - Secure Breeding SNRB - Unranked Breeding |
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| Minnesota | not listed |
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Description
The male is olive-green above with white undersides, a bright yellow face, black wings with two bold white wingbars, black chin, and black streaks on the flanks.
Size
Total length: 4½″ to 5″
Wingspan: 7½″
Voice
The song is a fast, clear or buzzing, ze-ee ze-ee ze-ee ZO-ZEE…
… or zee zee zo zo ZEE.
Similar Species
Habitat
Breeding: Deciduous, coniferous, and mixed forests
Migration: Open forests and woodlands, tamarack bogs, and swamps
Ecology
Migration
Late April through May and mid-August to October
Nesting
Food
Mostly insects
Distribution
Occurrence
Uncommon migrant,fairly common but local breeder
Maps
The Minnesota Ornithologists’ Union All Seasons Species Occurrence Map
Taxonomy
Class
Aves (birds)
Order
Passeriformes (perching birds)
Family
Parulidae (New World warblers)
Genus
Setophaga
Genus
In 2011 all of the wood warblers were reclassified resulting in new genus names for almost all of them. The genus Dendroica, with 29 members, was merged with the genus Setophaga, with just 3 members. All of the former Dendroica species have been renamed to Setophaga. Black-throated Green Warbler, formerly Dendroica virens, is now Setophaga virens.
Subordinate Taxa
Synonyms
Dendroica virens
Dendroica virens virens
Dendroica virens waynei
Motacilla virens
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