The Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) is a small migratory bird that belongs to the family Parulidae. This warbler is one of the most beautiful and striking birds you will ever see, with bright yellow underparts and black upperparts. In this blog post, we’ll dive into everything you need to know about the Black-throated Green Warbler.
## Basic Description
The Black-throated Green Warbler is a small songbird measuring about 11cm in length and weighing only 8-12 grams. The male has a distinct black throat while the female has a duller yellow-green coloring on her throat. Both sexes have olive-green wings with two white wing bars, making them easy to spot in flight.
## Where To Find This Bird
Black-throated Green Warblers breed throughout Canada’s boreal forests and northeastern United States but migrate south during winter months from southern Mexico down through Central America as far as Panama.
## Habitat
These warblers prefer mature deciduous or mixed woodlands for nesting, where they build their nests on tree branches using twigs, grasses, bark strips, mosses, spider webs, lichens and feathers held together by spider silk.
## Food
Their diet consists mainly of insects such as caterpillars, beetles spiders aphids leafhoppers among others; they are also known to eat fruit occasionally especially during migration when natural food sources may be scarce.
## Cool Facts
One cool fact about these birds is that they are capable of flying non-stop for up to three days over open water while migrating across the Gulf of Mexico. Additionally, during breeding season males can be heard singing their distinctive “zee-zee-zee-zoo-zee” song high up in trees!
In conclusion, if you’re lucky enough to catch sight of one these brilliant little creatures don’t hesitate! Take advantage of the opportunity and snap a few pictures, because seeing a Black-throated Green Warbler is an experience you won’t soon forget.
