Yellow warbler

The yellow warbler (Setophaga petechia) is a New World warbler species. Yellow warblers are the most widespread species in the diverse genus Setophaga, breeding in almost the whole of North America, the Caribbean, and down to northern South America.

Yellow warbler
Male in breeding plumage, Canada
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Parulidae
Genus: Setophaga
Species:
S. petechia
Binomial name
Setophaga petechia
Subspecies

About 35 (but see text)

Distribution of the yellow warbler
  Breeding range
  Year-round range
  Wintering range
Synonyms
  • Dendroica petechia
  • Dendroica aestiva
  • Motacilla petechia (protonym)
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