Anguilla, Antigua And Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada (B), Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica (NB), Martinique, Mexico, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, St Kitts And Nevis, St Lucia, St Pierre and Miquelon (P), St Vincent and The Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, USA (B), Venezuela.
Vagrant to Greenland, Grenada, Iceland, United Kingdom, Virgin Islands (U.S.).
Breeds from southern Canada (central Saskatchewan, locally from Alberta, east to southern Newfoundland and Nova Scotia) south in north-eastern USA to central Wisonsin and New England, and in Appalachians to extreme northern Georgia. Migrates to Central America and north-western South America, south in Andes to central Peru and, less commonly, central Bolivia.
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is 5,900,000 (2010).
Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca) [XC317727]
by Brian Henderson from Lac-Montjoie, Saint-Denis-de-Brompton, Le Val-Saint-Fran\u00e7ois County, Qu\u00e9bec, United States (song)
Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca) [XC243412]
by Martin St-Michel from Napo: 'Caba\u00f1as San Isidro', 1-2 km SW Cosanga, United States (song)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Affinities within genus uncertain. Some suggestions that closest relative may be Cerulean Warbler (Setophaga cerulea), this based mainly on similarity of songs. Has hybridized with Bay-breasted Warbler (Setophaga castanea) and at least once with Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia), also possibly with Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica) and possibly with Kirtland's Warbler (Setophaga kirtlandii).
BirdLife International Species Factsheet