Virginia's Warbler (Leiothlypis virginiae)

Family
Parulidae (New World Warblers)

Size
12 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Baird, 1860)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest, high altitude shrubland.

Range (Guide)

Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Guatemala, Mexico, Turks and Caicos Islands, USA (B).

Vagrant to Cuba.

Breeds patchily in south-western USA from southern Idaho and Wyoming south to Arizona, New Mexico and south-eastern Texas. Migrates to western and southern Mexico (from northern Jalisco and Guanajuato, occasionally from Nayarit, south to southern Oaxaca).

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

Population
Estimated population is 400,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (71)...)

Virginia's Warbler (Leiothlypis virginiae) [XC494388]
by Manuel Grosselet from Cardova Pass, Huerfano Cty, Colorado, United States (song)

Virginia's Warbler (Leiothlypis virginiae) [XC425108]
by Sue Riffe from Elko County, Nevada, United States (song)

Subspecies
No 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.

Forms a superspecies with Nashville Warbler (Leiothlypis ruficapilla), sometimes with Colima Warbler (Leiothlypis crissalis) also included and all have been considered conspecific, but such an arrangement not generally accepted.

References
See References.

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