Blackpoll Warbler

About the Blackpoll Warbler

The blackpoll warbler (Setophaga striata) is a New World warbler. Breeding males are mostly black and white. They have a prominent black cap, white cheeks, and white wing bars. The blackpoll breeds in forests of northern North America, from Alaska throughout most of Canada, to the Adirondack Mountains of New York as well as New England in the Northeastern United States. They are a common migrant throughout much of North America. In fall, they fly south to the Greater Antilles and the northeastern coasts of South America in a non-stop long-distance migration over open water, averaging 2,500 km (1,600 mi), one of the longest-distance non-stop overwater flights ever recorded for a migratory songbird.

Source: Wikipedia

Classification

Scientific name

Setophaga striata

Family

New World Warblers

Order

Passeriformes

Similar species

Other members of the new world warblers family recorded in North America — a useful place to start if you are not certain of your identification.

• Altamira Yellowthroat Geothlypis flavovelata
• American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
• Bachman's Warbler Vermivora bachmanii
• Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
• Belding's Yellowthroat Geothlypis beldingi
• Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
• Black-polled Yellowthroat Geothlypis speciosa
• Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
• Black-throated Gray Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
• Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
• Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
• Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera