Cape May Warbler (Setophaga tigrina)

Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Canada (B), Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica (NB), Martinique, Mexico, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Pierre and Miquelon (P), St Vincent and The Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, USA (B), Venezuela, Virgin Islands (British) (NB), Virgin Islands (U.S.) (NB).

Vagrant to Grenada, United Kingdom.

Breeds in Canada (from south-western Northwest Territories and north-eastern British Columbia east to southern Newfoundland and Nova Scotia) and north-eastern USA (eastern Minnesota and central Wisconsin east to northern New England). Migrates primarily to Caribbean (mainly Greater Antilles), also Bermuda.

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

Population
Estimated population is 3,000,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (119)...)

Cape May Warbler (Setophaga tigrina) [XC134013]
by Mike Nelson from Garret Mountain Reservation, Passaic Co., NJ, United States (song)

Cape May Warbler (Setophaga tigrina) [XC44423]
by Steve Pelikan from Tanglewood Lane, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

May be most closely related to Blackpoll Warbler (Setophaga striata) and Bay-breasted Warbler (Setophaga castanea), but precise relationships unclear. Hybridization with Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens) reported. Reported hybrid between Blackpoll Warbler (Setophaga striata) and Seiurus noveboracensis now thought probably to have involved Cape May Warbler (Setophaga tigrina), rather than Blackpoll Warbler (Setophaga striata). Bird described in early 19th century as Helinaia carbonata ("Carbonated Warbler") may have been a hybrid of this species with Blackpoll Warbler (Setophaga striata), but generally considered to be a first-summer male of Cape May Warbler (Setophaga tigrina).

References
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