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Black-and-white Warbler
Reinita Trepadora
Mniotilta varia
The black-and-white warbler (Mniotilta varia) is a species of New World warbler, and the only member of its genus, Mniotilta. It breeds in northern and eastern North America and winters in Florida, Central America, and the West Indies down to Peru. This species is a very rare vagrant to western Europe. Relative to other New World warblers, it is not well studied.
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Sound recorded by Lionel FREDERIC · XC1001887 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Visualization by Stichting Xeno-canto voor Natuurgeluiden.
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About the Black-and-white Warbler
This atlas includes Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) with atlas status “Native / natural occurrence” within scope “Avibase inferred core 380.” Global trait data associate it primarily with woodland; consult the linked records to resolve its Puerto Rico habitat use.
Conservation
Least Concern
IUCN LC
- Global IUCN
- LC
- Puerto Rico DNER
- No current listing in source crosswalk
- Federal ESA
- No current listing in source crosswalk
- Critical habitat
- Not identified in source crosswalk
Natural history
How it lives
- Habitat
- forests
- Elevation
- 0–2500 m
- Nest
- Cup / bowl; Tree cavity · Ground; Stump
- Clutch
- 4–5 eggs
- Social behavior
- Social / flocking
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