Chestnut-sided Warbler

Setophaga pensylvanica (Linnaeus, 1766)

Chestnut-sided Warbler, Setophaga pensylvanica, breeds in south-central, south-eastern and eastern Canada, and in north-central, north-eastern and eastern USA, and spends the non-breeding season from Guatemala to northern South America. It is a New World warbler, and its most useful field mark is the chestnut on the flanks of breeding birds. The species was first described by Linnaeus in 1766. It is a migratory bird of eastern North America, with breeding records extending across the Great Lakes area and into the eastern states.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Parulidae — New World Warblers

Breeding range

North America: sc, se Canada to nc, ne, e USA

Nonbreeding range

Guatemala to n SA