Cape May Warbler

Setophaga tigrina (Gmelin, JF, 1789)

Cape May Warbler, Setophaga tigrina, is a New World warbler that breeds in North America from central Canada to south-eastern Canada and the north-eastern and north-central United States, and spends the non-breeding season in the West Indies. It is a passerine of conifer woodland edges, with nesting usually set in dense cover close to the trunk, often in black spruce. The species was first described in 1789. Its English name comes from Cape May, New Jersey, where the original specimen was collected.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Parulidae — New World Warblers

Breeding range

North America: c Canada to se Canada and ne and nc USA

Nonbreeding range

West Indies