American Yellow Warbler

Setophaga aestiva (Gmelin, JF, 1789)

American Yellow Warbler, Setophaga aestiva, is a New World warbler that breeds across North America and Middle America, including much of North America and the central plateau of Mexico. It winters from southern North America to Amazonia. A migratory bird, it was once treated as the same species as the mangrove warbler. The American Yellow Warbler is now placed in Setophaga, and its breeding range is broad across the continent. It was first described in 1789 by Gmelin.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Parulidae — New World Warblers

Breeding range

North America, Middle America: widespread in NA through c plateau of Mexico

Nonbreeding range

s NA to Amazonia