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Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca)
Verified source photographMatt FelperinCC-BY · View source
PRB-0366Passeriformes

Blackburnian Warbler

Reinita de Fuego

Setophaga fusca

Accidental / vagrantIUCN LC · Least Concern

The Blackburnian warbler (Setophaga fusca) is a small New World warbler. They breed in eastern North America, from southern Canada, westwards to the southern Canadian Prairies, the Great Lakes region and New England, to North Carolina. They are migratory, wintering in southern Central America and South America, and are very rare vagrants to western Europe. The common name honors the English botanist Anna Blackburne.

FamilyParulidaeNew World Warblers
Puerto Rico occurrenceAccidental / vagrantAvibase inferred core 380
Primary habitatforestsForest
Primary dietInvertebrateInvertivore
Average mass10.275 gGlobal trait estimate
MovementMigratoryInsessorial

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Sound recorded by Valerie Heemstra · XC1136805 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Visualization by Stichting Xeno-canto voor Natuurgeluiden.

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Catalog scopeAvibase inferred core 380

About the Blackburnian Warbler

The Blackburnian warbler (Setophaga fusca) is a small New World warbler. They breed in eastern North America, from southern Canada, westwards to the southern Canadian Prairies, the Great Lakes region and New England, to North Carolina. They are migratory, wintering in southern Central America and South America, and are very rare vagrants to western Europe. The common name honors the English botanist Anna Blackburne.

Conservation

Least Concern

IUCN LC

Global IUCN
LC
Puerto Rico DNER
No current listing in source crosswalk
Federal ESA
No current listing in source crosswalk
Critical habitat
Not identified in source crosswalk

Natural history

How it lives

Habitat
forests
Elevation
0–2500 m
Nest
Cup / bowl · Tree
Clutch
3–5 eggs
Social behavior
Social / flocking; Pairs / family groups; Singly and pairs

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