Hooded Warbler

Setophaga citrina (Boddaert, 1783)

Hooded Warbler, Setophaga citrina, is a New World warbler that breeds in central, eastern and south-eastern USA and spends the nonbreeding season in Middle America. It was described by Boddaert in 1783 and is placed in the family Parulidae. Its scientific name is Setophaga citrina. The bird was formerly treated in Wilsonia, but it is now accepted in Setophaga by the IOC World Bird List and the North American Classification Committee. It is also recorded as a very rare vagrant in western Europe.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Parulidae — New World Warblers

Breeding range

North America: c, e, se USA

Nonbreeding range

Middle America