Blackpoll Warbler (Dendroica striata)

Group Warblers
Code ABPBX03230
Order Passeriformes
Family Parulidae
Author (Forster, 1772)
Rank G5 (definitions)
Occurrence M (definitions)
Scale S (definitions)

County List:

Western UP none
Eastern UP none
Northern LP none
Southern LP none

Rule:

Forested or Mixed Forested/Nonforested Landscapes

      (Spruce/Fir (Pole or Sm Saw or Lg Saw or Uneven))
      or (Hemlock (Pole or Sm Saw or Lg Saw or Uneven))
      or (Red Pine (Pole or Sm Saw or Lg Saw or Uneven))
      or (White Pine Pole or Sm Saw or Lg Saw or Uneven))
      or (Any Upland Mixed (Pole or Sm Saw or Lg Saw or Uneven))
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Habitat List:

Habitats Regen Sap Pole Sm Saw Lg Saw Uneven
Aspen nonononono-
Paper Birch nonononono-
Oak nononononono
Assorted Hardwoods nononononono
Northern Hardwoods nononononono
Spruce/Fir nonoYESYESYESYES
Hemlock nonoYESYESYESYES
Jack Pine nononononono
Red Pine nonoYESYESYESYES
White Pine nonoYESYESYESYES
Conifer Plantations nonononono-
Mixed Upland Hardwoods nonoYESYESYESYES
Mixed Northern Hardwoods nonoYESYESYESYES
Mixed Upland Conifer nonoYESYESYESYES
Mixed Pine nonoYESYESYESYES
Swamp Hardwoods nononononono
Balsam Poplar & Swamp Aspen & Swamp Birch nononononono
Bottomland Hardwoods nononononono
Tamarack nononononono
Northern White Cedar nononononono
Black Spruce nononononono
Mixed Lowland Hardwoods nononononono
Mixed Lowland Conifer nononononono
Non-Forestednone
Special Featuresnone

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Literature:

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: Among low coniferous trees at high elevations, often in swampy groves, in stunted spruce and fir on the upper slopes of mountains. Favors small growth (stunted, young or medium sized conifers).

Special Habitat Requirements: Low coniferous growth.


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

Habitat: Conifers broadleaf trees in migration. Breeds in low northern spruce forest and in alder thickets north of the Arctic Circle and north of treeline. In migration, moves through forests, parks, and gardens.

Diet: Mostly insects and berries. In migration, noted feeding on spiders, aphids, and scale insects found on citrus and native plants in Florida.