| Group | Warblers |
| Code | ABPBX05010 |
| Order | Passeriformes |
| Family | Parulidae |
| Author | (Linnaeus, 1766) |
| Rank | G5 (definitions) |
| Occurrence | SM (definitions) |
| Scale | S (definitions) |
| Western UP | all |
| Eastern UP | all |
| Northern LP | all |
| Southern LP | Barry, Berrien, Allegan, St. Clair, Oakland, Muskegon, Montcalm, Saginaw, Sanilac, Shiawassee, Tuscola, Van Buren, Ottawa, Genesee, Eaton, Clinton, Branch, Livingston, Kent, Gratiot, Lapeer, Kalamazoo, Huron, Hillsdale, Ionia |
Forested or Mixed Forested/Nonforested Landscapes
(Any Upland Deciduous (Sm Saw or Lg Saw or Uneven))
or (Any Upland Mixed (Sm Saw or Lg Saw or Uneven))
or (Any Lowland Mixed (Sm Saw or Lg Saw or Uneven))
containing:
Dead Down Woody Debris
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| Habitats | Regen | Sap | Pole | Sm Saw | Lg Saw | Uneven |
| Aspen | no | no | no | YES | YES | - |
| Paper Birch | no | no | no | YES | YES | - |
| Oak | no | no | no | YES | YES | YES |
| Assorted Hardwoods | no | no | no | YES | YES | YES |
| Northern Hardwoods | no | no | no | YES | YES | YES |
| Spruce/Fir | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Hemlock | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Jack Pine | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Red Pine | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| White Pine | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Conifer Plantations | no | no | no | no | no | - |
| Mixed Upland Hardwoods | no | no | no | YES | YES | YES |
| Mixed Northern Hardwoods | no | no | no | YES | YES | YES |
| Mixed Upland Conifer | no | no | no | YES | YES | YES |
| Mixed Pine | no | no | no | YES | YES | YES |
| Swamp Hardwoods | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Balsam Poplar & Swamp Aspen & Swamp Birch | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Bottomland Hardwoods | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Tamarack | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Northern White Cedar | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Black Spruce | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Mixed Lowland Hardwoods | no | no | no | YES | YES | YES |
| Mixed Lowland Conifer | no | no | no | YES | YES | YES |
| Non-Forested | none | |||||
| Special Features | Dead Down Woody Debris |
Habitat: Habitat for the Black-and-White Warbler includes mature and second-growth woodlands, usually of deciduous or mixed deciduous-coniferous composition. Results of the Atlas Habitat Survey indicate a decided preference for mesic and wet forest communities (74%). Also significant was the fact that mixed forest categories (mesic and wet) made up one-half of the records for this species. This suggests a preference for forests of mixed composition over deciduous since total effort in the latter type was more than twice that of mixed forest. Mature and secondary forest types are about equally inhabited.
This ground-nesting warbler typically places its nest at the base of a tree, stump, fallen log, or large rock, concealing it with dry leaves.
Habitat: Breeding: Mature or second-growth deciduous or mixed woodlands from near sea level to mountain peaks. Not abundant in northern coniferous forests.
Habitat: Woods; trunks, limbs of trees. Breeds in mature or second-growth forests, deciduous and mixed. Often in woods on dry, rocky hillsides and ravines. Also nests in dry portions of wooded swamps. In migration seen most often on trunks and low branches of trees within woodlands and thickets.
Diet: Insects. Feeds on a wide variety of caterpillars (including those of gypsy moths), beetles (including bark beetles, click beetles, and wood borers) ants, flies, bugs, leafhoppers, aphids, and other insects; also spiders and daddy longlegs.
Nest: Placed on ground (or less than 2 feet up), under dead leaves or limbs, against a shrub, rock, log, or tree. Often constructed in cavity at top of stump or in a depression in the ground. Open cup made of leaves, coarse grass stems, bark strips, pine needles, rootlets; lined with fine grass or hair. Commonly parasitized by cowbirds.