Orange-crowned Warbler (Leiothlypis celata)

Family
Parulidae (New World Warblers)

Size
13 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Say, 1823)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry shrubland. From sea-level - 1,500 m.

Range (Guide)

Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, St Pierre and Miquelon (P), Turks and Caicos Islands, USA (B).

Vagrant to Cayman Islands, Cuba, Greenland, Jamaica.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 80,000,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (92)...)

Orange-crowned Warbler (Leiothlypis celata) [XC479796]
by Laura Stewart from Pacific Spirit Regional Park, British Columbia, Canada (song)

Orange-crowned Warbler (Leiothlypis celata) [XC531479]
by Paul Marvin from Bogue Chitto NWR, Picayune, Pearl River County, Mississippi, United States (call)

Subspecies
Recent genetic studies suggest that Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina), Orange-crowned Warbler (Leiothlypis celata), Nashville Warbler (Leiothlypis ruficapilla), Virginia's Warbler (Leiothlypis virginiae), Colima Warbler (Leiothlypis crissalis) and Lucy's Warbler (Leiothlypis luciae) form a clade, separate from the two other current congeners, and should be placed in a separate genus, for which the name Leiothlypis has been proposed. Flame-throated Warbler (Oreothlypis gutturalis) and Crescent-chested Warbler (Oreothlypis superciliosa) appear to be sister to this group.

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

celata (Say, 1823) - Breeds Alaska and north-western and southern Canada (east to Quebec); migrates to wintering area mainly in south-eastern USA, smaller numbers south to eastern Mexico and Guatemala.
orestera (Oberholser, 1905) - Breeds western Canada (south-western Yukon, interior British Columbia east to south-eastern Saskatchewan) and southern in Rockies to south-western USA (Arizona and New Mexico); migrates mainly to central Mexico.
lutescens (Ridgway, 1872) - Breeds northern British Columbia and southern in western USA to central California. Winters mainly south-western USA and western Mexico.
sordida (Townsend, CH, 1890) - Coastal southern California and extreme north-western Mexico (northern Baja California), including offshore islands.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Orange-crowned Warbler (Leiothlypis celata) - 10 files

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