#1065 · 🐦 birds

Black-and-white Warbler

🇳🇱 Bonte Zanger ·Mniotilta varia

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in Europe, not in NL

7 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

what is it?

The black-and-white warbler ( Mniotilta varia ) is a species of New World warbler, and the only member of its genus, Mniotilta .

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 52,919iNaturalist observations
weight 1.6 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
52,919 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 2 g.
Scientifically named in 1766 (260 years ago).