BLACKPOLL WARBLER

The 'Blackpoll Warbler', ''Dendroica striata '', is a New World warbler. These birds breed in northern North America, from Alaska, through most of Canada, and into the Great Lakes region and New England.
These birds are migratory, wintering in northwestern South America. They are rare vagrants to western Europe, although their northerly range and long-distance migration put them in one the category of more frequent transatlantic passerine wanderers.
The summer male Blackpoll Warblers have dark-streaked brown backs, white faces and black crowns. Their underparts are white with black streaks, and they display two white wing bars. The adult females essentially resemble washed-out versions of the summer males, and in particular, the females lack the strong head patterns, and their crowns and faces are shades of gray.
Non-breeding birds of this species have greenish heads, dark-streaked greenish upperparts and yellowish breasts, with the yellow extending to the belly in young birds. Their wing bars are always present.
Their breeding habitats are coniferous woodlands, especially those in which spruce trees grow. These birds' breeding ranges extends to the taiga. Blackpoll Warblers commonly nest in a relatively low site which can be found in a conifer, and they lay 4-9 eggs in a cup-shaped nest.
These birds are insectivorous, but will opt for berries in winter. They often forage high in trees, and sometimes catch insects while in flight.
Their songs are simple repetition of high ''tsi'' notes. Their calls are thin ''sit''s.

Contents

References

External Links

Further reading

Book

Thesis

Articles

References

★ Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern

★ ''New World Warblers'' by Curson, Quinn and Beadle, ISBN 0-7136-3932-6

External Links

★ Blackpoll Warbler Information and Photos - South Dakota Birds and Birding

★ Blackpoll Warbler Species Account - Cornell Lab of Ornithology

★ Blackpoll Warbler - Dendroica striata - USGS Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter

★ Stamps for: Grenada, Guyana

★ Blackpoll Warbler videos on the Internet Bird Collection

★ Blackpoll Warbler photo gallery VIREO

Further reading

Book

★ Hunt, P. D., and B. C. Eliason. 1999. ''Blackpoll Warbler (Dendroica striata)''. In ''The Birds of North America,'' No. 431 (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.). The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA.

Thesis

★ Baltz ME. Ph.D. (2000). ''The nonbreeding season ecology of neotropical migratory birds in the dry zone of Puerto Rico''. University of Missouri - Columbia, United States -- Missouri.

★ Chisholm SE. M.Sc. (2005). ''The impact of precommercial thinning on abundance of Bicknell's Thrush and other high elevation birds''. Dalhousie University (Canada), Canada.

★ Davis AK. M.Sc. (1999). ''The stopover ecology of migratory landbirds on Bon Portage Island, Nova Scotia''. Acadia University (Canada), Canada.

★ Eliason BC. Ph.D. (1986). ''MATING SYSTEM, PARENTAL CARE, AND REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS IN THE BLACKPOLL WARBLER (DENDROICA STRIATA) (POLYGYNY, KENT ISLAND, NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA, BREEDING BIOLOGY)''. University of Minnesota, United States -- Minnesota.

Articles

★ Bledsoe AH. (1988). ''Nuclear DNA Evolution and Phylogeny of the New World Nine-Primaried Oscines''. Auk. vol '105', no 3. p. 504-515.

★ Boag PT & Ratcliffe LM. (1979). ''1ST RECORD OF A BLACKPOLL WARBLER FOR THE GALAPAGOS''. Condor. vol '81', no 2. p. 218-219.

★ Boag PT & Ratcliffe LM. (1979). ''Blackpoll Warbler Dendroica-Striata New-Record for the Galapagos''. Condor. vol '81', no 2. p. 218-219.

★ Boal CW, Sibley FC, Estabrook TS & Lazell J. (2006). ''Insular and migrant species, longevity records, and new species records on Guana Island, British Virgin Islands''. Wilson Journal of Ornithology. vol '118', no 2. p. 218-224.

★ Bosque C & Lentino M. (1987). ''The Passage of North American Migratory Land Birds through Xerophytic Habitats on the Western Coast of Venezuela''. Biotropica. vol '19', no 3. p. 267-273.

★ Cherry JD, Doherty DH & Powers KD. (1985). ''An Offshore Nocturnal Observation of Migrating Blackpoll Warblers Dendroica-Striata''. Condor. vol '87', no 4. p. 548-549.

★ Darveau M, Beauchesne P, Belanger L, Huot J & Larue P. (1995). ''Riparian forest strips as habitat for breeding birds in boreal forest''. Journal of Wildlife Management. vol '59', no 1. p. 67-78.

★ Davis AK. (2001). ''Blackpoll Warbler (Dendroica striata) fat deposition in southern Nova Scotia during autumn migration''. Northeastern Naturalist. vol '8', no 2. p. 149-162.

★ Desgranges JL & Rondeau G. (1995). ''CHANGES IN THE BIRD COMMUNITIES OF A BALSAM FIR WHITE BIRCH FOREST FOLLOWING AN INSECT PEST EPIDEMIC''. For Chron. vol '71', no 2. p. 201-210.

★ Deviche P, Greiner EC & Manteca X. (2001). ''Interspecific variability of prevalence in blood parasites of adult passerine birds during the breeding season in Alaska''. Journal of Wildlife Diseases. vol '37', no 1. p. 28-35.

★ Dowie MI. (1993). ''Blackpoll warbler in Shetland''. British Birds. vol '86', no 5. p. 206-209.

★ Eliason BC. (1986). ''Female Site Fidelity and Polygyny in the Blackpoll Warbler Dendroica-Striata''. Auk. vol '103', no 4. p. 782-790.

★ Graves GR. (1996). ''Hybrid wood warblers, Dendroica striata X Dendroica castanea (Aves: Fringillidae: Tribe Parulini) and the diagnostic predictability of avian hybrid phenotypes''. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. vol '109', no 2. p. 373-390.

★ Holberton RL, Wilson CM, Hunter MJ & Lee AW. (2000). ''An endocrine basis of different migratory strategies in long- and short-distance neotropical migrants''. American Zoologist. vol '40', no 6.

★ Hunt PD & Eliason BC. (1999). ''Blackpoll Warbler: Dendroica striata''. Birds of North America. vol '0', no 431. p. 1-24.

★ Hussell DJT & Lambert AB. (1980). ''New Estimates of Weight Loss in Birds During Nocturnal Migration''. Auk. vol '97', no 3. p. 547-558.

★ Jobson GJ. (1978). ''BLACKPOLL WARBLER IN ISLES OF SCILLY''. British Birds. vol '71', no 4. p. 186-187.

★ Latta SC & Brown C. (1999). ''Autumn stopover ecology of the Blackpoll Warbler (Dendroica striata) in thorn scrub forest of the Dominican Republic''. Canadian Journal of Zoology. vol '77', no 7. p. 1147-1156.

★ McNair DB, Arendt WJ & Massiah E. (1996). ''Sightings of the blackpoll warbler in the West Indies during winter''. Florida Field Naturalist. vol '24', no 3. p. 81-82.

★ McNair DB, Massiah EB & Frost MD. (2002). ''Ground-based autumn migration of Blackpoll Warblers at Harrison Point, Barbados''. Caribbean Journal of Science. vol '38', no 3-4. p. 239-248.

★ McNair DB & Post W. (1993). ''Autumn migration route of blackpoll warblers: Evidence from southeastern North America''. Journal of Field Ornithology. vol '64', no 4. p. 417-425.

★ Morris SR, Holmes DW & Richmond ME. (1996). ''A ten-year study of the stopover patterns of migratory passerines during fall migration on Appledore island, Maine''. Condor. vol '98', no 2. p. 395-409.

★ Morse DH. (1979). ''Habitat Use by the Blackpoll Warbler Dendroica-Striata''. Wilson Bulletin. vol '91', no 2. p. 234-243.

★ Murray BG. (1979). ''Fall Migration of Blackpoll Warblers Dendroica-Striata and Yellow-Rumped Warblers Dendroica-Coronata-Coronata at Island Beach New-Jersey USA''. Bird Banding. vol '50', no 1. p. 1-11.

★ Murray BGJ. (1989). ''A Critical Review of the Transoceanic Migration of the Blackpoll Warbler''. Auk. vol '106', no 1. p. 8-17.

★ Nisbet ICT, McNair DB, Post W & Williams TC. (1995). ''Transoceanic migration of the Blackpoll Warbler: Summary of scientific evidence and response to criticisms by Murray''. Journal of Field Ornithology. vol '66', no 4. p. 612-622.

★ Norman DM. (1978). ''BLACKPOLL WARBLER IN DEVON''. British Birds. vol '71', no 1. p. 41-42.

★ Ralph CJ. (1981). ''Age Ratios and Their Possible Use in Determining Autumn Routes of Passerine Migrants''. Wilson Bulletin. vol '93', no 2. p. 164-188.

★ Rimmer CC, McFarland KP, Evers DC, Miller EK, Aubry Y, Busby D & Taylor RJ. (2005). ''Mercury concentrations in Bicknell's thrush and other insectivorous passerines in Montane forests of northeastern North America''. Ecotoxicology. vol '14', no 1-2. p. 223-240.

★ Rimmer CC & Tietz JR. (2001). ''An adult male Blackpoll Warbler in female-like plumage''. Journal of Field Ornithology. vol '72', no 3. p. 365-368.

★ Roberts RE & Tamborski CV. (1993). ''Blackpoll warbler mortality during fall migration at a tower in southeastern Florida''. Florida Field Naturalist. vol '21', no 4. p. 118-120.

★ Sabo SR. (1980). ''Niche and Habitat Relations in Subalpine Bird Communities of the White Mountains of New-Hampshire USA''. Ecological Monographs. vol '50', no 2. p. 241-260.

★ Stewart PA. (1986). ''Fall Migration of Twelve Species of Wood Warblers through Coastal Virginia USA''. North American Bird Bander. vol '11', no 3. p. 83-88.

★ Stiles FG & Campos RG. (1983). ''Identification and Occurrence of Blackpoll Warblers Dendroica-Striata in Southern Middle America''. Condor. vol '85', no 2. p. 254-255.

★ Swanson DL, Carlisle HA & Liknes ET. (2003). ''Abundance and richness of Neotropical migrants during stopover at farmstead woodlots and associated habitats in southeastern South Dakota''. American Midland Naturalist. vol '149', no 1. p. 176-191.

★ Thorup K, Ortvad TE & Rabol J. (2006). ''Do nearctic Northern Wheatears (Oenanthe oenanthe leucorhoa) migrate nonstop to Africa?''. Condor. vol '108', no 2. p. 446-451.

★ Walley WJ. (1989). ''Breeding Blackpoll Warblers Dendroica-Striata in Duck Mountain Provincial Park Manitoba Canada''. Canadian Field Naturalist. vol '103', no 3. p. 396-397.

★ Whitaker DM, Carroll AL & Montevecchi WA. (2000). ''Elevated numbers of flying insects and insectivorous birds in riparian buffer strips''. Canadian Journal of Zoology. vol '78', no 5. p. 740-747.

★ Wigh RJ. (2003). ''Blackpoll Warbler at sea''. Oriole. vol '68', no 3-4.

★ Woodrey MS & Moore FR. (1997). ''Age-related differences in the stopover of fall landbird migrants on the coast of Alabama''. Auk. vol '114', no 4. p. 695-707.