Black-throated gray warbler
Dendroica nigrescens
Identification Tips:
- Small, active, insect-eating bird
- Thin, pointed bill
- White wing bars
- Dark legs
Adult male:
- Black crown, cheeks and throat
- Broad, white line behind eye and malar streak
- Yellow spot on lores
- Gray upperparts with black streaks on back
- White underparts with black streaks on flanks
Female, basic and immature:
- Plumage similar to male
- White throat
- Crown and cheeks dark gray
Similar species:
The lack of yellow in the plumage of the Black-throated Gray Warbler
(except for the lores) distinguishes it from all warblers except the Blackpoll
(alternate male) and Black-and-white Warblers. Both those species have
different face patterns and the Black-and-white Warbler behaves quite
differently preferring to forage on the trunks and main branches of trees
nuthatchlike rather than in the leaves and smaller twigs.