What does the Black-and-white Warbler eat?

The Black-and-white Warbler's diet shapes where and when you'll find it. Understanding what it eats helps you predict where to look.

Diet overview

Insectivore, primarily consuming insects and spiders found on tree bark and foliage.

How it forages

Unique foraging style, creeping along tree trunks and large branches, often spiraling up and down, probing bark crevices for insects and spiders. They use their slender bill to extract prey. They also glean insects from foliage and occasionally hawk insects in flight.

When it feeds

Diurnal.

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