Length: 5 inches | Wingspan: 8 inches | Seasonality: Migrant |
ID Keys: Black throat (male), yellow head and cheeks with olive-green cap and eye-stripe, darker olive-green and black back, 2 white-wing bars, white underparts. |
The Black-throated Green
Warbler is a relatively uncommon migrant through the eastern part of the
state. Easily identifiable, with the black throat and upper chest of the
male offset by the bright yellow head. An isolated race breeds in the
cypress swamps of the Carolinas.
2) WhatBird - Black-throated Green Warbler
3) Audubon Guide - Black-throated Green Warbler
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South Dakota Status: Uncommon migrant in the eastern part of the state, accidental in the west. |