Nashville Warbler (Vermivora ruficapilla)


Group	Warblers
Code	ABPBX01060
Order	Passeriformes
Family	Parulidae
Author	(Wilson, 1811)
Rank	G5 (definitions)
Occurrence	LM (definitions)
Scale	S (definitions)

County List:


Western UP	all
Eastern UP	all
Northern LP	Clare, Crawford, Grand Traverse, Gladwin, Emmet, Cheboygan, Alcona, Charlevoix, Benzie, Bay, Arenac, Antrim, Alpena, Montmorency, Otsego, Oscoda, Osceola, Ogemaw, Presque Isle, Newaygo, Roscommon, Wexford, Iosco, Isabella, Kalkaska, Missaukee, Leelanau, Manistee, Mason, Mecosta, Midland, Lake
Southern LP	Hillsdale, Gratiot, Genesee, Muskegon, St. Clair, St. Joseph, Sanilac, Shiawassee, Tuscola, Montcalm, Wayne, Kalamazoo, Kent, Huron

Rule:

Forested or Mixed Forested/Nonforested Landscapes

      (Any Forested Uplands (Regen or Sap))
      or (Any Forested Lowlands (Regen or Sap))
      or Lowland Brush
      or Treed Bog

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Habitat List:

Habitats	Regen	Sap	Pole	Sm Saw	Lg Saw	Uneven
Aspen	YES	YES	no	no	no	-
Paper Birch	YES	YES	no	no	no	-
Oak	YES	YES	no	no	no	no
Assorted Hardwoods	YES	YES	no	no	no	no
Northern Hardwoods	YES	YES	no	no	no	no
Spruce/Fir	YES	YES	no	no	no	no
Hemlock	YES	YES	no	no	no	no
Jack Pine	YES	YES	no	no	no	no
Red Pine	YES	YES	no	no	no	no
White Pine	YES	YES	no	no	no	no
Conifer Plantations	YES	YES	no	no	no	-
Mixed Upland Hardwoods	YES	YES	no	no	no	no
Mixed Northern Hardwoods	YES	YES	no	no	no	no
Mixed Upland Conifer	YES	YES	no	no	no	no
Mixed Pine	YES	YES	no	no	no	no
Swamp Hardwoods	YES	YES	no	no	no	no
Balsam Poplar & Swamp Aspen & Swamp Birch	YES	YES	no	no	no	no
Bottomland Hardwoods	YES	YES	no	no	no	no
Tamarack	YES	YES	no	no	no	no
Northern White Cedar	YES	YES	no	no	no	no
Black Spruce	YES	YES	no	no	no	no
Mixed Lowland Hardwoods	YES	YES	no	no	no	no
Mixed Lowland Conifer	YES	YES	no	no	no	no
Non-Forested	Lowland Brush, Treed Bog
Special Features	none

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Literature:

Ewert, D. N. 1991. Nashville Warbler. Pages 390-391 In: R. Brewer, G. A. McPeek, and R. J. Adams, Jr. (eds.) The atlas of breeding birds of Michigan. Michigan State University Press, East Lansing. 594 pp.

Habitat: The Nashville Warbler breeds in jack-pine plains, bogs, shrubby areas bordering openings, and wet and dry secondary forests. Mesic and wet conifer forests and mesic mixed forests were indicated as preferred habitats in the Atlas Habitat Survey. Abundance appears highest in coniferous lowlands in Michigan and Ontario. Nests are compact cups sunk in sphagnum moss and other ground cover.

Although the Nashville Warbler is widespread, few species co-occur broadly with it. Its preferred habitat of a dense ground cover of low vegetation and variable canopy cover in both dry and wet sites is consistently shared with a few species, however. Among these are the Black-and-White Warbler, Hermit Thrush, and White-throated Sparrow. On jack-pine plains of the northcentral Lower Peninsula, the Kirtland's Warbler is frequently associated with the Nashville Warbler.

DeGraaf, R. M. and D. D. Rudis. 1986. New England wildlife: habitat, natural history, and distribution. GTR NE-108. Broomall, PA:USDA, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 491 pp.

Habitat: Breeding: Moist open deciduous wood, overgrown pastures and fields, swampy areas, edges of woodlands, clearings with much young second-growth vegetation, especially young trees 10-12 feet tall. Birds reportedly breed in both dry and moist situations, favoring spruce-sphagnum bogs in central New York.

Special Habitat Requirements: Scattered trees interspersed with brush.

Kaufman, K. 1996. Lives of North American Birds. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, Massachusetts. 675 pp.

Habitat: Cool, open mixed woods with undergrowth; forest edges, bogs. Breeds in deciduous, coniferous, and streamside woodlands, also bogs and thickets. Favors cedar and spruce bogs in northern part of range, abandoned fields and mountain pastures with saplings and young trees in Eastern United States. In the west, breeds in thickets of manzanita and other shrubs near belts of pine and fir.

Diet: Insects. Adults eat beetles, caterpillars, grasshoppers, leafhoppers, aphids, and other insects, including the eggs and larvae of various types. Nestlings are fed caterpillars, small beetles, flies and other insects.

Nest: Well-hidden, on the ground in a depression made in club mosses, grass, and ferns, usually under scrubby bushes or saplings. Open cup nest is made of coarse grass, ferns, and strips of bark, rimmed with moss; lined with fine grass, animal hair, or pine needles.