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The New World warblers or wood-warblers are a group of small often colourful passerine
Passerine

A passerine is a bird of the order Passeriformes, which includes more than half of all bird species. Sometimes known as perching birds or, less accurately, as songbirds, the passerines form one of the most diverse terrestrial vertebrate orders:...
 bird
Bird

Birds are wing, Bipedalismal, endothermic , vertebrate animals that lay egg . There are around 10,000 living species, making them the most numerous tetrapod vertebrates....
s restricted to the New World
New World

The New World is one of the names used for the non-Eurasian/non-African parts of the Earth, specifically the Americas and Australasia. When the term originated in the late 15th century, the Americas were new to the Europeans, who previously thought of the world as consisting only of Europe, Asia, and Africa ....
. They are not related to the Old World warbler
Old World warbler

The "Old World Warblers", family Sylviidae are a family of small passerine bird species; the names sylviid warblers or true warblers may be more appropriate....
s (Sylviidae) or the Australian warblers.

Most are arboreal
Arboreal

Arboreal is a word meaning "related to or resembling trees". Its meaning comes from the Latin arbor, meaning tree.In biology, an arboreal animal is one which inhabits or spends large amounts of time in trees or Shrubes....
, but some, like the Ovenbird
Ovenbird

The Ovenbird, Seiurus aurocapillus, is a small songbird of the New World warbler family.Ovenbirds are 14 cm long and weigh 18 g. They have white underparts streaked with black, and olive-brown upperparts....
 and the two waterthrushes, are more terrestrial. Most members of this family are insectivore
Insectivore

An insectivore is a type of carnivore with a diet that consists chiefly of insects and similar small creatures.Although individually small, insects exist in enormous numbers and make up a very large part of the animal biomass in almost all non-marine environments....
s.

It is likely that this group originated in northern Central America
Central America

Central America is a central geography region of the Americas. It is the southernmost, isthmus portion of the North American continent, which connects with South America on the southeast....
, which remains with the greatest diversity and numbers of species.






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The New World warblers or wood-warblers are a group of small often colourful passerine
Passerine

A passerine is a bird of the order Passeriformes, which includes more than half of all bird species. Sometimes known as perching birds or, less accurately, as songbirds, the passerines form one of the most diverse terrestrial vertebrate orders:...
 bird
Bird

Birds are wing, Bipedalismal, endothermic , vertebrate animals that lay egg . There are around 10,000 living species, making them the most numerous tetrapod vertebrates....
s restricted to the New World
New World

The New World is one of the names used for the non-Eurasian/non-African parts of the Earth, specifically the Americas and Australasia. When the term originated in the late 15th century, the Americas were new to the Europeans, who previously thought of the world as consisting only of Europe, Asia, and Africa ....
. They are not related to the Old World warbler
Old World warbler

The "Old World Warblers", family Sylviidae are a family of small passerine bird species; the names sylviid warblers or true warblers may be more appropriate....
s (Sylviidae) or the Australian warblers.

Most are arboreal
Arboreal

Arboreal is a word meaning "related to or resembling trees". Its meaning comes from the Latin arbor, meaning tree.In biology, an arboreal animal is one which inhabits or spends large amounts of time in trees or Shrubes....
, but some, like the Ovenbird
Ovenbird

The Ovenbird, Seiurus aurocapillus, is a small songbird of the New World warbler family.Ovenbirds are 14 cm long and weigh 18 g. They have white underparts streaked with black, and olive-brown upperparts....
 and the two waterthrushes, are more terrestrial. Most members of this family are insectivore
Insectivore

An insectivore is a type of carnivore with a diet that consists chiefly of insects and similar small creatures.Although individually small, insects exist in enormous numbers and make up a very large part of the animal biomass in almost all non-marine environments....
s.

It is likely that this group originated in northern Central America
Central America

Central America is a central geography region of the Americas. It is the southernmost, isthmus portion of the North American continent, which connects with South America on the southeast....
, which remains with the greatest diversity and numbers of species. From thence they spread north during the interglacial periods, mainly as migrants
Bird migration

Bird migration refers to the regular seasonal journeys undertaken by many species of birds. Bird movements include those made in response to changes in food availability, habitat or weather....
, returning to the ancestral region in winter. Two genera, Myioborus and Basileuterus
Basileuterus

Basileuterus is a genus of New World warblers, best represented in Central America and South America. This is one of only two warbler genera that are well represented in the latter continent....
 seem to have colonised South America
South America

South America is the southern continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere....
 early, perhaps before the two continents were linked, and provide most warbler species of that region.

Many migratory species, particularly those breeding further north, have distinctive male plumage at least in the breeding seaon, since males need to reclaim territory and advertise for mates each year. This tendency is particularly marked in the large genus Dendroica
Dendroica

Dendroica is a genus of birds of the New World Warbler family Parulidae. It contains 29 species. The males in breeding plumage are often highly colourful....
. In contrast, resident tropical species, which pair for life, show little if any sexual dimorphism
Sexual dimorphism

Sexual dimorphism is the systematic difference in form between individuals of different sex in the same species. Examples include color , size, and the presence or absence of parts of the body used in courtship displays or fights, such as ornamental feathers, horns, antlers or tusks....
.

There are of course exceptions. The Seiurus
Seiurus

The genus Seiurus consists of three species of bird in the New World warbler family Parulidae.They are terrestrial feeders always found near water....
 waterthrushes and Ovenbird
Ovenbird

The Ovenbird, Seiurus aurocapillus, is a small songbird of the New World warbler family.Ovenbirds are 14 cm long and weigh 18 g. They have white underparts streaked with black, and olive-brown upperparts....
 are strongly migratory, but have identical male and female plumage, whereas the mainly tropical and sedentary yellowthroat
Yellowthroat

The yellowthroats are New World warblers in the genus Geothlypis. Most members of the group have localised ranges in Mexico and Central America, but the Masked Yellowthroat has an extensive South American distribution, and Common Yellowthroat, the only bird migration species in the group, breeds over much of North America....
s are dimorphic.

The Granatellus chats also show sexual dimorphism, but due to recent genetic work may soon be moved into the family Cardinalidae (New World buntings and cardinals).

All the warblers are fairly small. The smallest species is the Lucy's Warbler
Lucy's Warbler

Lucy's Warbler, Vermivora luciae, is the smallest New World warbler found in North America, measuring a mere 4.25 inches in length.It is rather nondescript compared to other wood-warblers....
 (Vermivora luciae), at about 6.5 grams and 10.6 cm (4.2 inches). By far the largest species is the Yellow-breasted Chat
Yellow-breasted Chat

The Yellow-breasted Chat is a large songbird, formerly considered the most atypical member of the New World warbler family, though the long-standing suspicion that it does not actually belong there has recently been confirmed....
 (Icteria virens), at 27 grams and 19 cm (7.5 inches).

The migratory species tend to lay larger clutches of eggs, typically up to six, since the hazards of their journeys mean that many individuals will have only one chance to breed. In contrast, two eggs is typical for many tropical species, since the chicks can be provided with better care, and the adults are likely to have further opportunities for reproduction.

The scientific name for the family, Parulidae, originates from the fact that Linnaeus
Carolus Linnaeus

Carl Linnaeus was a Sweden botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of binomial nomenclature. He is known as the father of modern alpha taxonomy, and is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology....
 in 1758 named the Northern Parula as a tit
Titmouse

The tits, chickadees, and titmice comprise Paridae, a large family of small passerine birds which occur in the northern hemisphere and Africa....
, Parus americanus, and, as taxonomy developed, the genus name was modified first to Parulus and then the current Parula
Parula

Parula is a small genus of New World warblers which breed in North America and South America.In 1758, Carolus Linnaeus classified the Northern Parula as a titmouse, Parus americanus, and as taxonomy developed the genus name was modified first to Parulus and then the current form....
. The family name, of course, derives from that genus.

Systematics

There are a number of issues in the taxonomy and systematics of the Parulidae.
  • Sibley and Ahlquist have suggested that the family be merged with the Emberizidae
    Emberizidae

    The Emberizidae are a large family of passerine birds.They are seed-eating birds with a distinctively shaped bill. In Europe, most species are named as Bunting ....
     as a subfamily Parulinae. The Olive Warbler
    Olive Warbler

    The Olive Warbler, Peucedramus taeniatus , is a small passerine bird, the only member of the family Peucedramidae.This species breeds from southern Arizona and New Mexico, USA, south through Mexico to Nicaragua....
    , however would be removed from the group as the only member of the separate subfamily Peucedramimae.
  • The New World warblers are closely related to the tanager
    Tanager

    The tanagers are a family , Thraupidae, of birds in the order Passeriformes. The family has an Americas distribution.There were traditionally about 240 species of tanagers, but the taxonomic treatment of this family's members is currently in a state of flux....
    s, and some species like the conebills Conirostrum and the Bananaquit
    Bananaquit

    The Bananaquit, Coereba flaveola, is a passerine bird first described by Carolus Linnaeus in his Systema naturae in 1758 as Certhia flaveola....
     have been placed into either group by different authorities. Currently, the conebills are normally placed in Thraupidae and the Bananaquit in its own family.
  • Green-tailed Warbler
    Green-tailed Warbler

    The Green-tailed Warbler , also known as the Green-tailed Ground Warbler, is a species of songbird. Generally placed in the New World "warbler" family Parulidae, it constitutes a monotypic genus Microligea....
    , Yellow-breasted Chat
    Yellow-breasted Chat

    The Yellow-breasted Chat is a large songbird, formerly considered the most atypical member of the New World warbler family, though the long-standing suspicion that it does not actually belong there has recently been confirmed....
    , the Granatellus chats and White-winged Warbler
    White-winged Warbler

    The White-winged Warbler is a species of bird in the Parulidae family. It is the only member of the genus Xenoligea. It is found in the Dominican Republic and Haiti....
    , are other species where there have been questions as to whether they should be considered as warblers or tanagers.
  • The Pardusco
    Pardusco

    The Pardusco is a species of tanager that is Endemism to woodland near the Tree line in the Andes of central Peru. It is monotypic within the genus Nephelornis....
    , Nephelornis oneilli is also of uncertain affinities


Genera and species

  • Genus Vermivora
    • Bachman's Warbler
      Bachman's Warbler

      Bachman's Warbler is a small passerine bird that inhabited the swamps and lowland forests of the southeast United States. This New World warbler was a bird migration, wintering in Cuba....
      , Vermivora bachmanii
    • Blue-winged Warbler
      Blue-winged Warbler

      The Blue-winged Warbler, Vermivora pinus, is a fairly common New World warbler, 11.5 cm long and weighing 8.5 g. It breeds in eastern North America in southern Ontario and the eastern USA....
      , Vermivora pinus
    • Golden-winged Warbler
      Golden-winged Warbler

      The Golden-winged Warbler, Vermivora chrysoptera, is a New World warbler, 11.6 cm long and weighing 8.5 g. It breeds in eastern North America in southeastern Canada and the eastern USA....
      , Vermivora chrysoptera
    • Tennessee Warbler
      Tennessee Warbler

      The Tennessee Warbler, Vermivora peregrina, is a New World warbler. It breeds in northern North America across Canada and the northern USA....
      , Vermivora peregrina
    • Orange-crowned Warbler
      Orange-crowned Warbler

      The Orange-crowned Warbler is a small songbird of the New World warbler family.These birds are distinguished by their lack of wing bars, streaking on the underparts, strong face marking or bright colouring, resembling a fall Tennessee Warbler....
      , Vermivora celata
    • Nashville Warbler
      Nashville Warbler

      The Nashville Warbler, Vermivora ruficapilla, is a small songbird in the New World warbler family.They have olive-brown upperparts, a white belly and a yellow throat and breast; they have a white eye ring, no wing bars and a thin pointed bill....
      , Vermivora ruficapilla
    • Virginia's Warbler
      Virginia's Warbler

      Virginia's Warbler, Vermivora virginiae, is a species of New World warbler.Despite what its name may suggest, Virginia's warbler is not actually named after the American State of Virginia, which makes sense as the birds range only reaches as far east as the state of Texas....
      , Vermivora virginiae
    • Colima Warbler
      Colima Warbler

      The Colima Warbler, Vermivora crissalis, is a New World warbler. The Colima Warbler is mainly found in the Sierra Madre Occidental of central Mexico, though its range just barely extends into adjacent south-western Texas in the Chisos Mountains of Big Bend National Park....
      , Vermivora crissalis
    • Lucy's Warbler
      Lucy's Warbler

      Lucy's Warbler, Vermivora luciae, is the smallest New World warbler found in North America, measuring a mere 4.25 inches in length.It is rather nondescript compared to other wood-warblers....
      , Vermivora luciae


  • Genus Parula (gutturalis and superciliosa paraphyletic with Vermivora)
    • Flame-throated Warbler
      Flame-throated Warbler

      The Flame-throated Warbler, Parula gutturalis, is a small New World warbler. It is sometimes placed in the genus Vermivora....
      , Parula gutturalis
    • Crescent-chested Warbler
      Crescent-chested Warbler

      The Crescent-chested Warbler is a small New World Warbler. It is generally uncommon in its native range of central Mexico, and accidental elsewhere....
      , Parula superciliosa
    • Northern Parula
      Northern Parula

      The Northern Parula, Parula americana, is a small New World warbler. It breeds in eastern North America from southern Canada to Florida.This species is bird migration, wintering in southern Florida, northern Central America, the West Indies and most of the Lesser Antilles....
      , Parula americana
    • Tropical Parula
      Tropical Parula

      The Tropical Parula, Parula pitiayumi, is a small New World warbler. It breeds from southernmost Texas and northwest Mexico south through Central America to northern Argentina, including Trinidad and Tobago....
      , Parula pitiayumi


  • Genus Dendroica
    • Yellow Warbler
      Yellow Warbler

      The Yellow Warbler is a New World warbler. It is the most widespread Dendroica species, breeding in almost the whole of North America and down to northern South America....
      , Dendroica petechia
    • Chestnut-sided Warbler
      Chestnut-sided Warbler

      The Chestnut-sided Warbler, Dendroica pensylvanica, is a New World warbler. They breed in eastern North America and in southern Canada westwards to the Canadian Prairies....
      , Dendroica pensylvanica
    • Magnolia Warbler
      Magnolia Warbler

      The Magnolia Warbler, Dendroica magnolia , is a New World warbler. It breeds across most of Canada as well as New England and the Great Lakes region of the United States...
      , Dendroica magnolia
    • Cape May Warbler, Dendroica tigrina
    • Black-throated Blue Warbler
      Black-throated Blue Warbler

      The Black-throated Blue Warbler, Dendroica caerulescens, is a small songbird of the New World warbler family.Adult males have white underparts with black throat, face and flanks; the upperparts are deep blue; immature males are similar with upperparts more greenish....
      , Dendroica caerulescens
    • Yellow-rumped Warbler
      Yellow-rumped Warbler

      Four closely related North American bird forms?the eastern Myrtle Warbler , its western counterpart, Audubon's Warbler , the Northwest Mexican Black-fronted Warbler , and the Guatemalan Goldman's Warbler ?are periodically lumped as the Yellow-rumped Warbler ....
      , Dendroica coronata
    • Black-throated Gray Warbler
      Black-throated Gray Warbler

      The Black-throated Gray Warbler is a small songbird of the New World warbler family. These birds have a black crown, a white face, a thin pointed bill, white wing bars, gray upperparts with black streaks on their back and white underparts with black streaks on the flanks....
      , Dendroica nigrescens
    • Golden-cheeked Warbler
      Golden-cheeked Warbler

      The Golden-cheeked Warbler Dendroica chrysoparia is an endangered species that breeds in Central Texas, from Dallas County southwestward along the eastern and southern edge of the Edwards Plateau to Kinney County....
      , Dendroica chrysoparia
    • Black-throated Green Warbler
      Black-throated Green Warbler

      The Black-throated Green Warbler, Dendroica virens, is a small songbird of the New World warbler family.It is 12 cm long and weighs 9 g, and has an olive-green crown, a yellow face with olive markings, a thin pointed bill, white wing bars, an olive-green back and pale underparts with black streaks on the flanks....
      , Dendroica virens
    • Townsend's Warbler
      Townsend's Warbler

      The Townsend's Warbler, Dendroica townsendi, is a small songbird of the New World warbler family.These birds have a yellow face with a black stripe across their cheeks, a thin pointed bill, white wing bars, olive upperparts with black streaks on their backs and flanks, and a white belly....
      , Dendroica townsendi
    • Hermit Warbler
      Hermit Warbler

      The Hermit Warbler, Dendroica occidentalis is a small perching bird bird. It is a species of New World warbler.Mature Hermit Warblers normally grow to be 4? to 5 inches long....
      , Dendroica occidentalis
    • Blackburnian Warbler
      Blackburnian Warbler

      The Blackburnian Warbler, Dendroica fusca , is a small New World warbler. They breed in eastern North America, from southern Canada, westwards to the southern Canadian Prairies, the Great Lakes region and New England, to North Carolina....
      , Dendroica fusca
    • Yellow-throated Warbler
      Yellow-throated Warbler

      The Yellow-throated Warbler, Dendroica dominica, is a small New World warbler. These birds breed in southeastern North America, and their breeding ranges extend from southern Pennsylvania and northern Missouri, to the Gulf of Mexico....
      , Dendroica dominica
    • Olive-capped Warbler
      Olive-capped Warbler

      The Olive-capped Warbler is a species of bird in the Parulidae family.It is found in Bahamas, Cuba, and Turks and Caicos Islands.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests....
      , Dendroica pityophila
    • Grace's Warbler
      Grace's Warbler

      Grace's Warbler, Dendroica graciae, is a small perching bird bird and a species of New World warbler....
      , Dendroica graciae
    • Adelaide's Warbler
      Adelaide's Warbler

      Adelaide's Warbler is a bird endemic to the archipelago of Puerto Rico belonging to the Dendroica genus of the Parulidae family. The species is named after Adelaide Swift, daughter of Robert Swift, the person who captured the first specimen....
      , Dendroica adelaidae
    • Barbuda Warbler
      Barbuda Warbler

      The Barbuda Warbler is a species of bird in the Parulidae family.It is Endemism to Antigua and Barbuda....
      , Dendroica subita
    • St. Lucia Warbler, Dendroica delicata
    • Pine Warbler
      Pine Warbler

      The Pine Warbler, Dendroica pinus, is a small songbird of the New World warbler family.These birds have white bellies, white wing bars, dark legs and thin, relatively long pointed beaks; they have yellowish lines over their eyes....
      , Dendroica pinus
    • Kirtland's Warbler
      Kirtland's Warbler

      Kirtland's Warbler, Dendroica kirtlandii, is a small songbird of the New World warbler family , named after Jared Potter Kirtland, an Ohio doctor and amateur naturalist....
      , Dendroica kirtlandii
    • Prairie Warbler
      Prairie Warbler

      The Prairie Warbler, Dendroica discolor, is a small songbird of the New World warbler family.These birds have yellow underparts with dark streaks on the flanks, and olive upperparts with rusty streaks on the back; they have a yellow line above the eye, a dark line through it, and a yellow spot below it....
      , Dendroica discolor
    • Vitelline Warbler
      Vitelline Warbler

      The Vitelline Warbler is a species of bird in the Parulidae family.It is found in Cayman Islands and Honduras.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and urban areas....
      , Dendroica vitellina
    • Palm Warbler
      Palm Warbler

      The Palm Warbler, Dendroica palmarum, is a small songbird of the New World warbler family.The species comprises two distinct subspecies that may merit specific status....
      , Dendroica palmarum
    • Bay-breasted Warbler
      Bay-breasted Warbler

      The Bay-breasted Warbler, Dendroica castanea , is a New World warbler. They breed in northern North America, specifically in Canada, into the Great Lakes region, and into northern New England....
      , Dendroica castanea
    • Blackpoll Warbler
      Blackpoll Warbler

      The Blackpoll Warbler, Dendroica striata , is a New World warbler. These birds breed in northern North America, from Alaska, through most of Canada, and into the Great Lakes region and New England....
      , Dendroica striata
    • Cerulean Warbler
      Cerulean Warbler

      The Cerulean Warbler, Dendroica cerulea, is a small songbird of the New World warbler family.Adult males have pale cerulean blue upperparts and white underparts with a black necklace across the breast; they also have black streaks on the back and flanks....
      , Dendroica cerulea
    • Plumbeous Warbler
      Plumbeous Warbler

      The Plumbeous Warbler is a species of bird in the Parulidae family.It is found only in Dominica and Guadeloupe.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....
      , Dendroica plumbea
    • Arrow-headed Warbler, Dendroica pharetra
    • Elfin-woods Warbler
      Elfin-woods Warbler

      The Elfin-woods Warbler , or Reinita de Bosque Enano , is a bird Endemism in birds to the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico where it is a local and uncommon species....
      , Dendroica angelae


  • Genus Catharopeza
    • Whistling Warbler
      Whistling Warbler

      The Whistling Warbler is a species of bird in the Parulidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Catharopeza.It is Endemism to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines....
      , Catharopeza bishopi


  • Genus Mniotilta
    • Black-and-white Warbler
      Black-and-white Warbler

      The Black-and-white Warbler, Mniotilta varia, is a small New World warbler. It breeds in northern and Eastern United States North America from southern Canada to Florida....
      , Mniotilta varia


  • Genus Setophaga
    • American Redstart
      American Redstart

      The American Redstart, Setophaga ruticilla, is a New World warbler. They breed in North America, across southern Canada and the eastern USA....
      , Setophaga ruticilla


  • Genus Protonotaria
    • Prothonotary Warbler
      Prothonotary Warbler

      The Prothonotary Warbler is a small songbird of the New World warbler family. It is the only member of the genus Protonotaria.The Prothonotary Warbler is 13 cm long and weighs 12.5 g....
      , Protonotaria citrea


  • Genus Helmitheros
    • Worm-eating Warbler
      Worm-eating Warbler

      The Worm-eating Warbler is a small New World warbler. It is the only species classified in the genus Helmitheros.It is 13 cm long and weighs 13 g....
      , Helmitheros vermivorus


  • Genus Limnothlypis
    • Swainson's Warbler
      Swainson's Warbler

      Swainson's Warbler, Limnothlypis swainsonii, is a small species of New World warbler. It is monotypic, the only member of the genus Limnothlypis....
      , Limnothlypis swainsonii


  • Genus Seiurus (genus polyphyletic)
    • Ovenbird
      Ovenbird

      The Ovenbird, Seiurus aurocapillus, is a small songbird of the New World warbler family.Ovenbirds are 14 cm long and weigh 18 g. They have white underparts streaked with black, and olive-brown upperparts....
      , Seiurus aurocapillus
    • Northern Waterthrush
      Northern Waterthrush

      The Northern Waterthrush is one of the larger New World warblers. It breeds in the northern part of North America in Canada, and in the northern United States, ....
      , Seiurus noveboracensis
    • Louisiana Waterthrush
      Louisiana Waterthrush

      The Louisiana Waterthrush, Seiurus motacilla , is a New World warbler. It breeds in eastern North America from southernmost Canada and south through the eastern USA, excluding Florida and the coast....
      , Seiurus motacilla


  • Genus Oporornis
    • Kentucky Warbler
      Kentucky Warbler

      The Kentucky Warbler, Oporornis formosus, is a small species of New World warbler. The Kentucky Warbler, like all members of the genus Oporornis, is a sluggish and heavy warbler with a short tail, preferring to spend most of its time on or near the ground, except when singing....
      , Oporornis formosus
    • Connecticut Warbler
      Connecticut Warbler

      The Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis is a small songbird of the New World warbler family.These 15 cm long birds have light yellow underparts and olive upperparts; they have a light eye ring, pink legs, a long tail, pale wing bars and a thin pointed bill....
      , Oporornis agilis
    • Mourning Warbler
      Mourning Warbler

      The Mourning Warbler, Oporornis philadelphia, is a small songbird of the New World warbler family.These 13 cm long birds have yellow underparts, olive-green upperparts and pink legs....
      , Oporornis philadelphia
    • MacGillivray's Warbler
      MacGillivray's Warbler

      The MacGillivray's Warbler, Oporornis tolmiei, is a small species of New World warbler. Like all members of the genus Oporornis, these birds are sluggish and heavy warblers with short tails, preferring to spend most of their time on, or near the ground, except when singing....
      , Oporornis tolmiei


  • Genus Geothlypis
    • Common Yellowthroat
      Common Yellowthroat

      The Common Yellowthroat, , is a New World warbler. They are abundant breeders in North America, ranging from southern Canada to central Mexico....
      , Geothlypis trichas
    • Belding's Yellowthroat
      Belding's Yellowthroat

      The Belding's Yellowthroat, Geothlypis beldingi, is a New World warbler. It is a resident breeder endemic to southern Baja California, Mexico....
      , Geothlypis beldingi
    • Altamira Yellowthroat
      Altamira Yellowthroat

      The Altamira Yellowthroat, Geothlypis flavovelata, is a New World warbler. It is a resident breeding bird endemic to the Gulf slope of northeastern Mexico....
      , Geothlypis flavovelata
    • Bahama Yellowthroat
      Bahama Yellowthroat

      The Bahama Yellowthroat, Geothlypis rostrata, is a New World warbler. It is a resident breeder endemic to the Bahamas.It is closely related to Common Yellowthroat, Altamira Yellowthroat and Belding's Yellowthroat, with which it forms a superspecies, and was formerly considered conspecific....
      , Geothlypis rostrata
    • Olive-crowned Yellowthroat
      Olive-crowned Yellowthroat

      The Olive-crowned Yellowthroat is a species of bird in the Parulidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama....
      , Geothlypis semiflava
    • Black-polled Yellowthroat
      Black-polled Yellowthroat

      The Black-polled Yellowthroat is a species of bird in the Parulidae family.It is Endemism to Mexico....
      , Geothlypis speciosa
    • Masked Yellowthroat
      Masked Yellowthroat

      The Masked Yellowthroat, Geothlypis aequinoctialis, is a New World warbler. It has a number of separate resident breeding populations in Central America and South America, some of which may be considered to form separate species....
      , Geothlypis aequinoctialis
    • Gray-crowned Yellowthroat, Geothlypis poliocephala
    • Hooded Yellowthroat
      Hooded Yellowthroat

      The Hooded Yellowthroat is a species of bird in the Parulidae family.It is Endemism to the highlands of Mexico north of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec....
      , Geothlypis nelsoni


  • Genus Wilsonia
    • Hooded Warbler
      Hooded Warbler

      The Hooded Warbler, Wilsonia citrina, is a New World warbler. It breeds in eastern North America and across the Eastern United States USA and into southernmost Canada, ....
      , Wilsonia citrina
    • Wilson's Warbler
      Wilson's Warbler

      The Wilson's Warbler, , is a New World warbler. It breeds in northern North America across Canada and south through the western United States....
      , Wilsonia pusilla
    • Canada Warbler
      Canada Warbler

      The Canada Warbler, Wilsonia canadensis, is a small 13 cm long songbird of the New World warbler family.These birds have yellow underparts, blue-grey upperparts and pink legs; they also have yellow eye-rings and thin, pointed bills....
      , Wilsonia canadensis


  • Genus Cardellina
    • Red-faced Warbler
      Red-faced Warbler

      The Red-faced Warbler is a species of New World warbler.Mature Red-faced Warblers are small birds, 14 cm long. They are light gray on top with a white rump and a white underside....
      , Cardellina rubrifrons


  • Genus Ergaticus
    • Red Warbler
      Red Warbler

      The Red Warbler is a small passerine endemic to the highlands of Mexico, north of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Adults are bright red, with an opalescent white or gray ear patch, depending on the subspecies....
      , Ergaticus ruber
    • Pink-headed Warbler
      Pink-headed Warbler

      The Pink-headed Warbler Ergaticus versicolor is an endemic New World warbler found in the southwestern highlands of Guatemala and the highlands of the Mexico state of Chiapas....
      , Ergaticus versicolor


  • Genus Myioborus (often, more accurately, named as whitestarts, as they have conspicuous white, not red, feathers on the tail sides)
    • Painted Redstart
      Painted Redstart

      The Painted Redstart, Myioborus pictus, is a species of New World warbler. It is also known as "Painted Whitestart"....
      , Myioborus pictus
    • Slate-throated Redstart
      Slate-throated Redstart

      The Slate-throated Redstart , or, more accurately, the Slate-throated Whitestart, is a species of bird in the Parulidae family.It is found Disjunct distribution in humid highland forests in Mexico, Central America, the Andes from western Venezuela to north-western Argentina, the Venezuelan Coastal Range, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta an...
      , Myioborus miniatus
    • Tepui Redstart
      Tepui Redstart

      The Tepui Redstart , or, more accurately, the Tepui Whitestart, is a species of bird in the Parulidae family.It is found in humid highland forest, woodland and scrub in the Tepuis in southern Venezuela, western Guyana and northern Brazil....
      , Myioborus castaneocapillus
    • Brown-capped Redstart
      Brown-capped Redstart

      The Brown-capped Redstart , or, more accurately, the Brown-capped Whitestart, is a species of bird in the Parulidae family.It is found in humid Andean forests and woodlands in Bolivia and north-western Argentina....
      , Myioborus brunniceps
    • Yellow-faced Redstart, Myioborus pariae
    • White-faced Redstart, Myioborus albifacies
    • Saffron-breasted Redstart, Myioborus cardonai
    • Collared Redstart
      Collared Redstart

      The Collared Redstart, Myioborus torquatus, is a tropical New World warbler endemic to the mountains of Costa Rica and western Panama. Like other members of Myioborus, it is often called "whitestart" rather than "redstart"....
      , Myioborus torquatus
    • Spectacled Redstart
      Spectacled Redstart

      The Spectacled Redstart , or, more accurately, the Spectacled Whitestart, is a species of bird in the Parulidae family.It is found in humid Andean forests, woodland and scrub from southern Colombia to Bolivia...
      , Myioborus melanocephalus
    • Golden-fronted Redstart
      Golden-fronted Redstart

      The Golden-fronted Redstart , or, more accurately, the Golden-fronted Whitestart, is a species of bird in the Parulidae family.It is found in forest, woodland and scrub in the Andes of Colombia and far western Venezuela....
      , Myioborus ornatus
    • White-fronted Redstart, Myioborus albifrons
    • Yellow-crowned Redstart
      Yellow-crowned Redstart

      The Yellow-crowned Redstart , or, more accurately, the Yellow-crowned Whitestart or Santa Marta Whitestart, is a species of bird in the Parulidae family....
      , Myioborus flavivertex


  • Genus Euthlypis
    • Fan-tailed Warbler
      Fan-tailed Warbler (Parulidae)

      The Fan-tailed Warbler, Euthlypis lachrymosa , is an New World Warbler in the monotypic genus Euthlypis that lives along the Pacific slope from northern Mexico to Nicaragua....
      , Euthlypis lachrymosa


  • Genus Basileuterus
    • Gray-and-gold Warbler, Basileuterus fraseri
    • Two-banded Warbler
      Two-banded Warbler

      The Two-banded Warbler is a species of bird in the Parulidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and heavily degraded former forest....
      , Basileuterus bivittatus
    • Golden-bellied Warbler
      Golden-bellied Warbler

      The Golden-bellied Warbler is a species of bird in the Parulidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, and heavily degraded former forest....
      , Basileuterus chrysogaster
    • Choco Warbler, Basileuterus chlorophrys
    • Pale-legged Warbler
      Pale-legged Warbler

      The Pale-legged Warbler is a species of bird in the Parulidae family. It is native to Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia and Peru. Its habitats include subtropical or tropical moist montane, as well as subtropical or tropical heavily degraded former forest....
      , Basileuterus signatus
    • Citrine Warbler
      Citrine Warbler

      The Citrine Warbler is a species of bird in the Parulidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests....
      , Basileuterus luteoviridis
    • Black-crested Warbler
      Black-crested Warbler

      The Black-crested Warbler is a species of bird in the Parulidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and heavily degraded former forest....
      , Basileuterus nigrocristatus
    • Gray-headed Warbler, Basileuterus griseiceps
    • Santa Marta Warbler
      Santa Marta Warbler

      The Santa Marta Warbler is a species of bird in the Parulidae family.It is Endemism to Colombia....
      , Basileuterus basilicus
    • Gray-throated Warbler, Basileuterus cinereicollis
    • White-lored Warbler
      White-lored Warbler

      The White-lored Warbler is a species of bird in the Parulidae family.It is Endemism to Colombia....
      , Basileuterus conspicillatus
    • Russet-crowned Warbler
      Russet-crowned Warbler

      The Russet-crowned Warbler is a species of bird in the Parulidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest....
      , Basileuterus coronatus
    • Golden-crowned Warbler
      Golden-crowned Warbler

      The Golden-crowned Warbler, Basileuterus culicivorus, is a small New World warbler. It breeds from Mexico and south through Central America to northeastern Argentina and Uruguay, and on Trinidad....
      , Basileuterus culicivorus
    • Three-banded Warbler
      Three-banded Warbler

      The Three-banded Warbler is a species of bird in the Parulidae family.It is found in Ecuador and Peru.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and heavily degraded former forest....
      , Basileuterus trifasciatus
    • White-bellied Warbler
      White-bellied Warbler

      The White-bellied Warbler is a species of bird in the Parulidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....
      , Basileuterus hypoleucus
    • Rufous-capped Warbler
      Rufous-capped Warbler

      The Rufous-capped Warbler is a New World warbler native from Mexico south to much of Central America, rarely occurring as far north as southeastern Arizona and south Texas....
      , Basileuterus rufifrons
    • Golden-browed Warbler
      Golden-browed Warbler

      The Golden-browed Warbler is a species of bird in the Parulidae family, the New World warblers.It is found in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico....
      , Basileuterus belli
    • Black-cheeked Warbler
      Black-cheeked Warbler

      The Black-cheeked Warbler is a New World warbler which is a resident breeding bird endemic to the mountains of central and southern Costa Rica and western Panama....
      , Basileuterus melanogenys
    • Pirre Warbler
      Pirre Warbler

      The Pirre Warbler is a species of bird in the Parulidae family.It is found in Colombia and Panama.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes....
      , Basileuterus ignotus
    • Three-striped Warbler
      Three-striped Warbler

      The Three-striped Warbler is a species of bird in the Parulidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela....
      , Basileuterus tristriatus
    • White-rimmed Warbler, Basileuterus leucoblepharus
    • White-striped Warbler
      White-striped Warbler

      The White-striped Warbler is a species of bird in the Parulidae family.It is Endemism to Brazil.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....
      , Basileuterus leucophrys
    • Flavescent Warbler
      Flavescent Warbler

      The Flavescent Warbler is a species of bird in the Parulidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Paraguay, and Venezuela....
      , Basileuterus flaveolus
    • Buff-rumped Warbler
      Buff-rumped Warbler

      The Buff-rumped Warbler is a New World warbler which is a resident breeding bird from Honduras south to northwestern Peru and western Amazon River Brazil....
      , Basileuterus(Phaeothlypis) fulvicauda
    • Neotropical River Warbler
      Neotropical River Warbler

      The Neotropical River Warbler is a species of bird in the Parulidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Suriname, and Venezuela....
      , Basileuterus(Phaeothlypis) rivularis


Incertae sedis


  • Green-tailed Warbler
    Green-tailed Warbler

    The Green-tailed Warbler , also known as the Green-tailed Ground Warbler, is a species of songbird. Generally placed in the New World "warbler" family Parulidae, it constitutes a monotypic genus Microligea....
     or Green-tailed Ground Warbler, Microligea palustris (Not a parulid)


  • Yellow-headed Warbler
    Yellow-headed Warbler

    The Yellow-headed Warbler is a species of bird in the Parulidae family.It is Endemism to Cuba.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....
    , Teretistris fernandinae (Not a parulid)
  • Oriente Warbler
    Oriente Warbler

    The Oriente Warbler is a species of bird in the Parulidae family.It is Endemism to Cuba.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland....
    , Teretistris fornsi


  • Semper's Warbler
    Semper's Warbler

    The Semper's Warbler is an extremely rare or possibly extinct New World Warbler which is endemic to Saint Lucia....
    , Leucopeza semperi (possibly related to Teretistris and if so not a parulid)


  • Wrenthrush
    Wrenthrush

    The Wrenthrush Zeledonia coronata is a species of New World warbler that is endemic to Costa Rica and western Panama. It has a short tail, rounded wings and elongated Bird_anatomy....
    , Zeledonia coronata (Not a parulid)


  • Yellow-breasted Chat
    Yellow-breasted Chat

    The Yellow-breasted Chat is a large songbird, formerly considered the most atypical member of the New World warbler family, though the long-standing suspicion that it does not actually belong there has recently been confirmed....
    , Icteria virens (Not a parulid)


  • Red-breasted Chat
    Red-breasted Chat

    The Red-breasted Chat is a species of bird in the Parulidae family. It is Endemism to Pacific slope thornforest in Mexico from Sinaloa to Chiapas....
    , Granatellus venustus (Granatellus not parulid but probably in Cardinalidae)
  • Gray-throated Chat, Granatellus sallaei
  • Rose-breasted Chat
    Rose-breasted Chat

    The Rose-breasted Chat is a species of bird in the Parulidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela....
    , Granatellus pelzelni


  • White-winged Warbler
    White-winged Warbler

    The White-winged Warbler is a species of bird in the Parulidae family. It is the only member of the genus Xenoligea. It is found in the Dominican Republic and Haiti....
    , Xenoligea montana (Not a parulid)


External links

  • Crane Creek
  • on the Internet Bird Collection
  • National Geographic News story on seeing 30 warbler species in May


Bibliography


  • Dunn, Jon. 1997. A field guide to warblers of North America. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., x, 656 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 19 cm.


  • Morse, Douglass H. 1989. American warblers : an ecological and behavioral perspective. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, xii, 406 p. : ill., maps.


  • Harrison, Hal H. 1984. Wood warblers’ world. New York : Simon and Schuster, 335 p., 24 p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.