Black-throated Gray Warbler Similar Species Comparison
Main SpeciesBlack-throated Gray Warbler
Adult male
Small warbler with a black-and-white face, gray back, and black side streaks. Adult males have black throat and a yellow spot in front of the eye.
© mark daly / Macaulay LibraryBritish Columbia, April 26, 2020Adult female
Small warbler with a black-and-white face and gray back. Adult females have variable amounts of black on the throat and are often paler than males. Note small yellow spot in front of the eye.
© Jeffrey Offermann / Macaulay LibraryMassachusetts, November 12, 2018Adult female
The female builds a deep cup nest on top of a branch, using dried grasses or weeds and lined with feathers or animal hair.
© Larry Arbanas / Macaulay LibraryArizona, May 01, 2006Immature
Immatures are pale gray overall, but have the same facial pattern including the yellow spot in front of the eye.
© Tom Devecseri / Macaulay LibraryOntario, November 06, 2017Adult male
Small warbler with a black-and-white face, gray back, and black side streaks. Adult males have black throat and a yellow spot in front of the eye.
© Melissa James / Macaulay LibraryFlorida, November 06, 2016Adult male
Forages for caterpillars and other arthropods at middle levels in trees and shrubs, including oaks, Douglas-firs, pinyon pines, juniper, sagebrush, and bitterbrush.
© Larry Arbanas / Macaulay LibraryArizona, May 01, 2006Adult male
Small warbler with a black-and-white face, gray back, and black side streaks. Adult males have black throat and a yellow spot in front of the eye.
© Matt Davis / Macaulay LibraryNevada, October 08, 2015Adult male
Found in pinyon-juniper, pine, and mixed oak-pine forests.
© Mark Stephenson / Macaulay LibraryCalifornia, May 30, 2016Similar SpeciesBlack-and-white Warbler
Adult male
Black-and-white Warblers have a streakier back than Black-throated Gray Warblers. Also note that ranges rarely overlap on the breeding grounds.
© Ryan Schain / Macaulay LibraryMassachusetts, May 06, 2017Similar SpeciesBlack-and-white Warbler
Adult female
Black-and-white Warblers have a streakier back than Black-throated Gray Warblers. Ranges rarely overlap on the breeding grounds.
© Alix d'Entremont / Macaulay LibraryNova Scotia, May 06, 2015Similar SpeciesBlackpoll Warbler
Breeding male
Blackpoll Warblers have a black crown and white cheek unlike the striped face of Black-throated Gray Warblers. Breeding ranges do not overlap.
© Simon Boivin / Macaulay LibraryQuebec, May 29, 2017Compare with Similar Species
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Species in This Family
New World Warblers(Order: Passeriformes, Family: Parulidae)
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