Black-throated Green Warbler (Dendroica virens) 

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Identification

• small songbird
• male has bright yellow face,
  black on throat and sides of breast,
  olive-green back and head,
  white wing bars, white undertail
• female and immatures similar, but less black on throat
• 5.0" (13 cm.) 

 Habitat

• Extensive mature, mixed coniferous-deciduous forests

Additional Information

• fairly common migrant, rare summer resident south
• most breed in northern forests
• singing males have been found on the reserve in summer
• male often sings from high, exposed perch
• song often heard on migration is "zee-zee-zee-zoo-zee"
• female similar to Pine Warbler or immature Blackburnian Warbler