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 NT    Kirtland's Warbler* Id (Atlas):
    Setophaga kirtlandii

Description (10)
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Family
Parulidae (New World Warblers)

Size
14.50 - 15 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Baird, 1852)

Habitat
Temperate forest and shrubland.

Range (Guide)
Bahamas (NB), Turks and Caicos Islands (NB), USA (B).

Vagrant to Bermuda.

Unknown to Canada (B).

Breeds in north-central Michigan, in northern USA; migrates to Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Is.
 
Population
Estimated population is 2,500 (2010) and increasing.

Status NT
Habitat loss and degradation on the wintering ground is probably the main threat. Fire suppression and brood-parasitism by Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) may also be threats.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Song is an emphatic 'chip-chip-che-way-o'.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (69)...)

 
Kirtland's Warbler (Setophaga kirtlandii) [XC735916]
     by Valerie Heemstra from Masonville Township (near Garth), Delta County, Michigan, United States (song, distant dog or coyote barking, traffi)

 
Kirtland's Warbler (Setophaga kirtlandii) [XC419389]
     by Sue Riffe from Curtis & Kobbs Rd, Michigan, United States (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Relationships within genus unclear. Possible hybrid between this species and Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca) reported from Hispaniola.


References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Kirtlands Warbler (Setophaga kirtlandii) - 10 files


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