Bay-breasted Warbler (Setophaga castanea)

Family
Parulidae (New World Warblers)

Size
13 - 14 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Wilson, 1810)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest, boreal and temperate forest.

Range (Guide)

Anguilla, Antigua And Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada (B), Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, 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.

Vagrant to French Polynesia, Greenland, Jamaica, United Kingdom, Virgin Islands (U.S.).

Breeds in southern Canada (from south-western Northwest Territories and north-eastern British Columbia east to Newfoundland and Nova Scotia) and north-eastern USA (north-eastern Minnesota east to Maine and New Hampshire). Migrates to Central America and north-western South America.

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 (60)...)

Bay-breasted Warbler (Setophaga castanea) [XC600297]
by William Whitehead from Brookline, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States (song)

Bay-breasted Warbler (Setophaga castanea) [XC160916]
by Richard E. Webster from Springfield Nature Area, Vermont, United States (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Relationships unclear. Blackpoll Warbler (Setophaga striata) presumed to be the closest relative of present species, but little information. Has hybridized with Blackpoll Warbler (Setophaga striata), Myrtle Warbler (Setophaga coronata) (nominate subspecies) and Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca).

References
See References.

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