Black-and-white Warbler

Introduction
Resembling a hyperactive mint humbug, this attractively striped warbler is an extremely rare visitor from North America.
Records mostly come from September and October, though individuals have been recorded in other months, including two birds wintering in East Anglia.

Key Stats
Status and Trends
Conservation Status
Population Size
Population Change
Population trends of this scarce species are not routinely monitored.
Distribution
This vagrant is too rarely reported to map distribution.
Distribution Change
This vagrant is too rarely reported to map distribution change.
Seasonality
This species has been too rarely reported to BirdTrack during 2011–22 to properly assess seasonality.
Movement
Britain & Ireland movement
Biology
Survival and Longevity
Survival is shown as the proportion of birds surviving from one year to the next and is derived from bird ringing data. It can also be used to estimate how long birds typically live.
Classification, names and codes
Classification and Codes
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Parulidae
- Scientific name: Mniotilta varia
- Authority: Linnaeus, 1766
- BTO 5-letter code: BAWWA
- Euring code number: 17200
Alternate species names
- Catalan: bosquerola zebrada
- Czech: lesnácek cernobílý
- Danish: Sorthvid Sanger
- Dutch: Bonte Zanger
- Estonian: tüvesäälik
- Finnish: kiipijäkerttuli
- French: Paruline noir et blanc
- German: Kletterwaldsänger
- Hungarian: csíkos kéregjáró
- Icelandic: Klifurskríkja
- Irish: Ceolaire Dubh is Bán
- Italian: Parula bianca e nera
- Latvian: melnbaltais kaukis
- Lithuanian: miškinukas
- Norwegian: Klatreparula
- Polish: pstroszka
- Portuguese: riscadinha
- Slovak: horárik strakatý
- Slovenian: zebrasti penicar
- Spanish: Reinita trepadora
- Swedish: svartvit skogssångare
- Welsh: Telor Brith