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Blackburnian Warbler
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Parulidae
Genus:Dendroica
Species:fusca
Binomial name
Dendroica fusca
( Müller, 1776)

The Blackburnian Warbler, Dendroica fusca , is a small New World warbler. It breeds in eastern North America from southern Canada, the Great Lakes region and New England south to North Carolina.

It is migratory, wintering in the southern Central AmericaCentral America is the region of North America located between the southern border of Mexico and the northwest border of Colombia, in South America. Some geographers classify Central America as a large isthmus, and in this geographic sense it sometimes in and South AmericaSouth America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. South America is situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean. It became attached to North America only recently, geologically speaking, wi, and is a very rare vagrant to western EuropeFor the band of the same name, see Europe (band . Europe is a continent forming the westermost part of the Eurasian supercontinent. Europe is bounded to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the west by the Atlantic Ocean, to the south by the Mediterranean Se.

The summer male Blackburnian Warbler has a dark gray back and a double white wing bar, yellowish rump and dark brown crown. The underparts are white, tinged with yellow and streaked black. The head is strongly patterned in yellow and black, with an orange throat.

Other plumages are washed-out versions of the summer male, and in particular lack the strong head pattern, with weaker yellows and gray instead of black.

The breeding habitat is mature coniferous or mixed woodland, especially spruceAbout 35; see text. Norway Spruce Picea abies cone Spruce refers to trees of the Genus Picea a genus of about 35 species of coniferous evergreen trees in the Family Pinaceae, found in the northern temperate and boreal regions of the earth. Spruces are lar and hemlocks . Blackburnian Warblers nest in a tree, laying 4-5 eggs in a cup nest.

These birds are insectivorous, but will take some berries in winter. They usually search for insects in the treetops.

The song is a simple series of high swi notes. The call is a high sip.

This bird was named after Anna Blackburne, an EnglishEngland is the largest, the most populous, and the most densely populated of the four " Home Nations" which make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK). Occupying the south-eastern portion of the island of Great Britain, England botanist.

Reference

New World Warblers by Curson, Quinn and Beadle, BooksEnthsiast.com





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