Species
Black-throated green warbler
Setophaga virens
A green-backed warbler with a yellow face and black throat, singing 'zee-zee-zoo-zee' in mountain forests.
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At a glance
- Size
- About 11 to 12 cm long
- Weight
- About 8 to 11 g
- Habitat
- Conifers and mixed forests
- Diet
- Insects
- In Georgia
- A summer resident in the mountains; a common migrant
- Voice
- A buzzy "zee-zee-zoo-zee"
- Rabies vector
- No
Identification
- Key marks
- Yellow face; black throat; olive-green back; white belly
- Told apart from
- Blackburnian warbler, which has an orange throat
- Where to look
- Mountain forests in summer; treetops during migration
Behaviour
Black-throated green warblers forage in the middle and upper parts of trees.
Why they matter
Black-throated green warblers are a common voice of mountain forests, including the hemlock forests threatened by the woolly adelgid.
Reproduction and lifecycle
Nest — A cup in a conifer
Eggs — Usually four or five
Incubation — About 12 days
Chicks — Fed by both parents
Lifespan — Several years
Living around people
- Protecting mountain hemlocks helps them.
Misconceptions
- All green birds are parrots. Several warblers are green.
Related species
Seasonal activity
When this species is breeding, and when there are nests on the ground. Mowing during the shaded months is how most nests are found.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breeding | Jan: no | Feb: no | Mar: no | Apr: no | May: no | Jun: no | Jul: no | Aug: no | Sep: no | Oct: no | Nov: no | Dec: no |
| Active nests | Jan: no | Feb: no | Mar: no | Apr: no | May: no | Jun: no | Jul: no | Aug: no | Sep: no | Oct: no | Nov: no | Dec: no |
| Notes | In Central America | In Central America | In Central America | Arriving | Nesting | Nesting | Young fledging | Migrants | Migrants | Last migrants | In Central America | In Central America |
Where it lives
Recorded in 62 states and provinces. Each one links to the other animals there, and to the rehabilitators licensed for them.
United States
- Alabamapassing through
- Arkansasbreeding
- Connecticutbreeding
- Delawarepassing through
- District of Columbiapassing through
- Floridain winter
- Georgiabreeding
- Illinoispassing through
- Indianapassing through
- Iowapassing through
- Kansaspassing through
- Kentuckybreeding
- Louisianapassing through
- Mainebreeding
- Marylandbreeding
- Massachusettsbreeding
- Michiganbreeding
- Minnesotabreeding
- Mississippipassing through
- Missouripassing through
- New Hampshirebreeding
- New Jerseypassing through
- New Yorkbreeding
- North Carolinabreeding
- Ohiopassing through
- Pennsylvaniabreeding
- Rhode Islandbreeding
- South Carolinabreeding
- Tennesseebreeding
- Texasin winter
- Vermontbreeding
- Virginiabreeding
- West Virginiabreeding
- Wisconsinbreeding
Canada
Mexico
- Campechein winter
- Chiapasin winter
- Colimain winter
- Guerreroin winter
- Hidalgoin winter
- Jaliscoin winter
- Mexico Cityin winter
- Morelosin winter
- Nuevo Leonin winter
- Oaxacain winter
- Pueblain winter
- Queretaroin winter
- Quintana Rooin winter
- San Luis Potosiin winter
- State of Mexicoin winter
- Tabascoin winter
- Tamaulipasin winter
- Veracruzin winter
- Yucatanin winter
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