Black-and-white Warbler
Mniotilta varia
The adult is a small striped wood-warbler of mature and second-growth forests, especially where trunks and large branches offer rich foraging surfaces. It creeps along bark, often moving up, down, and sideways while probing for caterpillars, beetles, spiders, and other arthropods. Its black-and-white plumage is bold yet disruptive against tree bark, and males give a thin, repeated song from the canopy. A notable fact is that it forages more like a nuthatch than most warblers, using bark-clinging movements to reach hidden prey.
- Type
- Wing
- Conservation status
- LC
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- Black-and-white Warbler