Black-throated Green Warbler

Setophaga virens (Gmelin, JF, 1789)

Black-throated Green Warbler, Setophaga virens, breeds in North America from Canada into the north-eastern, eastern and north-central United States, and winters from Mexico south to northern South America and the West Indies. It is a passerine in the New World warbler family. In the breeding season it uses coniferous and mixed woodland, including cypress swamps on the southern Atlantic coast, and it favours dense conifer stands. Its nest is an open cup placed near a tree trunk. Adult males have a black throat and upper breast, while females and immature males show a pale throat with dark breast markings.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Parulidae — New World Warblers

Breeding range

North America: c Canada to se Canada and ne, e and nc USA

Nonbreeding range

Mexico to n SA and West Indies