Black-throated Green Warbler
General Description
In Washington, the Black-throated Green Warbler is likely to be confused only with Townsend’s Warbler, its western counterpart. The most obvious differences are the Black-throated Green’s greener back, less contrasting light-olive facial “mask,” and absence or near-absence of yellow on the breast. It is an accidental visitor in Washington, with just three accepted records in June, July, and November, all from east of the Cascades. It breeds in northeastern British Columbia but is only a casual visitor elsewhere in the province. Idaho’s single record is from May 2001. Oregon has ten accepted records, and Black-throated Green Warbler occurs annually in very low numbers in California. Its breeding range extends across Canada from the eastern base of the Rocky Mountains in northern Alberta and British Columbia to Labrador and the midwestern and eastern United States, south to Alabama and the Carolinas. It winters in Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and locally in southern Florida and along the Gulf Coast of the United States.
Revised November 2007
North American Range Map
Family Members
- Blue-winged WarblerVermivora pinus
- Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
- Tennessee WarblerVermivora peregrina
- Orange-crowned WarblerVermivora celata
- Nashville WarblerVermivora ruficapilla
- Northern ParulaParula americana
- Yellow WarblerDendroica petechia
- Chestnut-sided WarblerDendroica pensylvanica
- Magnolia WarblerDendroica magnolia
- Cape May WarblerDendroica tigrina
- Black-throated Blue WarblerDendroica caerulescens
- Yellow-rumped WarblerDendroica coronata
- Black-throated Gray WarblerDendroica nigrescens
- Black-throated Green WarblerDendroica virens
- Townsend's WarblerDendroica townsendi
- Hermit WarblerDendroica occidentalis
- Blackburnian WarblerDendroica fusca
- Yellow-throated WarblerDendroica dominica
- Prairie WarblerDendroica discolor
- Palm WarblerDendroica palmarum
- Bay-breasted WarblerDendroica castanea
- Blackpoll WarblerDendroica striata
- Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- Northern WaterthrushSeiurus noveboracensis
- Kentucky WarblerOporornis formosus
- Mourning WarblerOporornis philadelphia
- MacGillivray's WarblerOporornis tolmiei
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Hooded WarblerWilsonia citrina
- Wilson's WarblerWilsonia pusilla
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens