Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia)

OTHER NAMES: American Yellow Warbler
Latin Etymology: Setophaga ("moth eating") petecchia ("small red spot")

 

Adult female Species (Setophaga petechia) at Buffalo Creek State Park, Minnesota, USA - July 2024

Featured Subspecies: Setophaga petechia aestiva
Weight: 7-25g  /  Length: 10-18cm  /  Wingspan: 16-22cm
NO UK STATUS / IUCN Red List: Least Concern

A small but extremely adaptable species of warbler whose range goes into the Arctic Circle at it's most Northerly, while also having resident populations in the Caribbean and South America, with gaps in it's range being largely only desert. The 32 subspecies are sometimes split into five groups - the American Yellow Warbler, the Mangrove Warbler, the Galapagos Yellow Warbler and the Golden Yellow Warbler. 

Related Species:
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Parulidae
Genus: Setophaga
SUBSPECIES: S. p. rubiginosa, S. p. amnicola, S. p. aestiva, S. p. morcomi, S. p. sonorana, S. p. dugesi, S. p. oraria, S. p. bryanti, S. p. erithachorides, S. p. chrsyendeta, S. p. paraguanae, S. p. cienagae, S. p. castaneiceps, S. p. hizophorae, S. p. xanthotera, S. p. aequatorialis, S. p. peruviana, S. p. aureola, S. p. ruficertex, S. p. armouri, S. p. flavida, S. p. eoa, S. p. gunlachi, S. p. gundlachi, S. p. albicollis, S. p. cruciana, S. p. bartholemica, S. p. melanoptera, S. p. ruficapilla, S. p. babad, S. p. petechia, S. p. alsiosa, S. p. rufopileata, S. p. obscura, S. p. aurifrons

 - Sighting Locations -

CANADA -Breeds throughout most of Canda
  - CHICAGO TO ALASKA ROADTRIP 2024: - Seen at Writing-on-Stone NP

UNITED STATES - Breeding migrant in the upper 2/3 of the Lower 48 and through much of Alaska,
 - CHICAGO TO ALASKA ROADTRIP 2024: Fairly common throughout in appropriate habitat

Further Notes: BirdForum Opus, IUCN Red List, RSPB, Wikipedia, Xeno-canto