Blackburnian Warbler

Male spruce Warbler ( Dendroica fusca )

The spruce Warbler ( Dendroica fusca ) is a small bird in the family of warblers ( Parulidae ). The English name " Blackburnian Warbler" goes back to the English botanist Anna Blackburne.

Features

On the head, throat and chest area, the plumage is bright orange. The back feathers and wing coverts are gray black to gray- brown with white spots on the wings. The underside plumage has a yellowish color with black stripes on the flanks. In contrast to the male, the female is colored matt and has a duller orange on head and chest area. The young birds are wearing a similar plumage as adult females.

Nutrition

Its diet consists mainly of insects. In winter, he expanded his diet to berries and fruits. For the North American forests in the north, he is important because he destroyed pests and harmful insects, especially caterpillars.

Occurrence

The breeding areas are located in the east of North America, from southern Canada through the Great Lakes and New England to North Carolina. For the winter attracts the spruce Warbler in the Andes in South America, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. Other areas are located in Venezuela and Panama, in which, however, a smaller number of spruce forest singers arrive than in the other areas. As an infrequent visitor, it occurs also in Western Europe.