Blackburnian Warbler

Setophaga fusca

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Chordates)
ClassAves (Birds)
OrderPasseriformes (Perching Birds)
FamilyParulidae (New World Warblers)
GenusSetophaga (Setophaga Warblers)
SpeciesSetophaga fusca (Blackburnian Warbler)

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

at Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve

3 Verified sightings at Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve From 2019 to 2026

24,864 Verified sightings across all 80 parks From 2019 to 2026

☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

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.

The Blackburnian warbler was formally described in 1776 by the German zoologist Philipp Statius Müller under the binomial name Motacilla fusca. The specific epithet is Latin meaning "dusky", "black" or "brown". Müller based his account on a handcoloured plate of the "Figuier étranger" that had been engraved by François-Nicolas Martinet to accompany the Comte de Buffon's multivolume work Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux. The type location is French Guiana. The Blackburnian warbler is now placed in the genus Setophaga that was introduced by the English naturalist William Swainson in 1827. The genus name Setophaga combines the Ancient Greek σης/sēs, σητος/sētos meaning "moth" with -φαγος/-phagos meaning "-eating". The species is monotypic: no subspecies are recognised... Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve

LC Endemic

Setophaga petechia

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely

Setophaga americana

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Setophaga magnolia

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Setophaga palmarum

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Setophaga ruticilla

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Setophaga coronata

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Setophaga aestiva

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Setophaga dominica

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Setophaga citrina

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Setophaga discolor

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Setophaga virens

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Setophaga tigrina

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

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Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

#	Park	Country	Daily sighting probability
1	Farallones de Cali National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	~50%
2	Puracé National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	~40%
3	Point Pelee National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	~40%
4	Voyageurs National Park	🇺🇸 United States	~30%
5	Riding Mountain National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	~20%
6	Los Nevados National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	~20%
7	Chagres National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	~20%
8	Isle Royale National Park	🇺🇸 United States	~20%
9	Chingaza National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	~20%
10	La Tigra National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	~20%
11	Chirripó National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~20%
12	Podocarpus National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	~20%
13	Cape Breton Highlands National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	~20%
14	Volcán Barú National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	~10%
15	La Amistad International Park (Panama)	🇵🇦 Panama	~10%
16	Acadia National Park	🇺🇸 United States	~10%
17	Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
18	Cordillera Azul National Park	🇵🇪 Peru	~10%
19	Cusuco National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	~10%
20	Tenorio Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
21	Great Smoky Mountains National Park	🇺🇸 United States	~10%
22	Irazú Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
23	Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
24	Channel Islands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	~10%
25	Arenal Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
26	Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
27	Poás Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
28	Canaima National Park	🇻🇪 Venezuela	<5%
29	Cañón del Sumidero National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	<5%
30	Henri Pittier National Park	🇻🇪 Venezuela	<5%
31	Braulio Carrillo National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
32	Soberanía National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
33	Bastimentos Island National Marine Park	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
34	Los Quetzales National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
35	Rincón de la Vieja National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
36	Darién National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
37	Parque Natural Metropolitano	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
38	Cahuita National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
39	Santa Rosa National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
40	Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	<5%
41	Shenandoah National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
42	Tayrona National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	<5%
43	Tikal National Park	🇬🇹 Guatemala	<5%
44	Tortuguero National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
45	Celestún Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	<5%
46	Pico Bonito National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	<5%
47	Sierra de la Macarena National Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	<5%
48	El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	<5%
49	Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	<5%
50	Manu National Park	🇵🇪 Peru	<5%
51	Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary	🇧🇿 Belize	<5%
52	Palo Verde National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
53	Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	<5%
54	Calakmul Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	<5%
55	Corcovado National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
56	Everglades National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
57	Big Bend National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
58	Saguaro National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
59	Isla del Coco National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
60	Death Valley National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
61	El Triunfo	🇲🇽 Mexico	Insufficient data
62	Celaque National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	Insufficient data
63	Biotopo Cerro Cahuí	🇬🇹 Guatemala	Insufficient data
64	Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	Insufficient data
65	Lago de Yojoa	🇭🇳 Honduras	Insufficient data
66	Congaree National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
67	Ciénaga de Zapata	🇨🇺 Cuba	Insufficient data
68	Las Baulas Marine National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
69	Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	Insufficient data
70	Itatiaia National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	Insufficient data
71	Machalilla National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	Insufficient data
72	Piedras Blancas National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
73	Gros Morne National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	Insufficient data
74	Redwood National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
75	Big Cypress National Preserve	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
76	Masaya Volcano National Park	🇳🇮 Nicaragua	Insufficient data
77	Marino Ballena National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
78	Carara National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
79	Yasuní National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	Insufficient data
80	Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve	🇪🇨 Ecuador	Insufficient data

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Blackburnian Warbler

About the Blackburnian Warbler

Closest Relatives at Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve

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Global Distribution

Parks Where Found