Tag Archive for 'Blackpoll warbler'

The blackpoll warbler (Setophaga striata). Image credit: Simon Pierre Barrette / CC BY-SA 3.0.

Blackpoll Warblers Migrate Up To 12,400 Miles Roundtrip Every Year

Mar 19, 2019 by News Staff

Blackpoll warblers (Setophaga striata) that breed in western North America migrate up to 12,400 miles (20,000 km) roundtrip each year, some crossing the...

The blackpoll warbler (Setophaga striata). The ornithologists found that in some cases, the birds flew more than 2,500 km, non-stop, to reach their destinations. Image credit: William H. Majoros / CC BY-SA 3.0.

Blackpoll Warblers Migrate Thousands of Miles across Atlantic Ocean, Scientists Find

Apr 1, 2015 by News Staff

A team of ornithologists led by William DeLuca of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, reports the first direct evidence that the blackpoll warbler...