American Yellow Warbler (Setophaga aestiva) [XC616688]
by Paul Marvin from San Bernardino National Wildlife Refuge, Cochise County, Arizona, United States (song)
American Yellow Warbler (Setophaga aestiva) [XC496477]
by Richard E. Webster from Snoqualmie Wildlife Area - Stillwater Unit, United States (song)
Subspecies
Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of American Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia).
The following 9 subspecies are recognised:
rubiginosa (Pallas, 1811) - Breeds coastal southern Alaska south through British Columbia (including Vancouver I). Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of American Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia).
banksi (Browning, 1994) - Breeds central Alaska. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of American Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia).
parkesi (Browning, 1994) - Breeds northern Alaska and northern Canada (east to northern Manitoba). Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of American Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia).
amnicola (Batchelder, 1918) - Breeds across central Canada (north-western British Columbia east to Newfoundland and New Brunswick). Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of American Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia).
aestiva (Gmelin, JF, 1789) - Breeds east of Rockies in southern Canada (southern Alberta east to Nova Scotia) and southern in USA to Oklahoma and North Carolina. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of American Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia).
morcomi (Coale, 1887) - Breeds south-western Canada (southern Yukon and interior British Columbia) southern in western USA to north-eastern California and northern Texas. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of American Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia).
brewsteri (Grinnell, 1903) - Breeds western USA (coastal Washington, Oregon, California) and extreme north-western Mexico (extreme north-western Baja California). Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of American Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia).
sonorana (Brewster, 1888) - Breeds southern Arizona, south-western New Mexico and western Mexico (extreme north-eastern Baja California south through interior to Nayarit and Zacatecas). Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of American Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia).
dugesi (Coale, 1887) - Breeds central plateau of Mexico from San Luis Potosí. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of American Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia).
BirdLife International Species Factsheet