Black-and-white Warbler Photo Gallery

Small songbird with a thin, slightly curved bill. Striped black and white overall. Males have a black ear patch.

Females are often paler, with a white throat, a grayish ear patch, and sometimes a wash of buff on the flanks.

Typically forages on trunks and main branches, like a nuthatch. Note black-spotted undertail coverts.

Small songbird with a slightly curved bill. Immature and female birds have a whiter throat and a grayish ear patch.

Creeps up and down trees and main branches like a nuthatch.

Song is a thin whistle that sounds like a squeaky wheel spinning. The other, louder song audible here is a Common Yellowthroat.

Heavily streaked black and white. Tail is dark with white spots on outer tail feathers.

Small songbird that is heavily streaked black and white.

White undertail coverts with black spots are a distinctive field mark of Black-and-white Warblers.

Creeps up and down trees and main branches like a nuthatch.

Picks insects from bark of twigs, branches, and tree trunks. Much less likely to forage among leaves than other warblers.

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