Identification of Eastern US Song Birds by Color

**Black and White Birds**
Common Name	Scientific Name	Look For These Markings	Size
Black and White Warbler	Mniotilta varia	Black and white streaked; striped crown	5 1/4"
Blackpoll Warbler	Dendroica striata	Black and white streaked; black crown	5 1/4"
Black-capped Chickadee	Parus atricapillus	Black crown and throat; gray back	5 1/4"
Black-capped Vireo	Vireo atricapillus	Male glossy black crown and sides of head; white eye ring; female, duller colored	4 1/2"
Bobolink	Dolichonyx oryzivorus	Black body; yellowish nape; white rump and on wings	7 1/4"
Brown-headed Cowbird	Molothrus ater	Male glossy greenish black with brown head; female dull gray	7 3/4"
American Crow	Corvus brachyrhynchos	Glossy black	19"
Dark-eyed Junco	Junco hyemalis	Slate head, breast and back; white below and outer tail feathers	6 1/4"
Common Grackle	Quiscalus quiscula	Male has purple head and greenish back; female is more brownish gray	12"
Red-winged Blackbird	Agelaius phoeniceus	Male black with scarlet & buff shoulders; female brownish black above & streaked below	7-9 1/2"
White-breasted Nuthatch	Sitta carolinensis	Black crown; gray back; climbs down trees	6"
White-throated Sparrow	Zonotrichia albicollis	White throat; gray breast; crown striped black and white	6 3/4"