This species breeds in upland deciduous and mixed forests with dense understory from southeastern Canada south to Georgia. It winters in the Caribbean and Middle America and casually in the United States. It migrates primarily along the east coast and regularly in small numbers along the west coast.

It is rare but regular in Oregon during the fall from early September to mid-November.

Hear the song of the Black-throated warbler

Photo by Kenneth Schneider, Flickr