Hooded Warbler

Setophaga citrina

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Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered

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

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

at Rocky Mountain National Park

2 Verified sightings at Rocky Mountain National Park From 2019 to 2026

8,302 Verified sightings across all 46 parks From 2019 to 2026

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

About the Hooded Warbler

The hooded warbler (Setophaga citrina) is a New World warbler. It breeds in eastern North America across the eastern United States and into southernmost Canada (Ontario). It is migratory, wintering in Central America and the West Indies. Hooded warblers are very rare vagrants to western Europe.

Recent genetic research has suggested that the type species of Wilsonia (hooded warbler W. citrina) and of Setophaga (American redstart S. ruticilla) are closely related and should be merged into the same genus. As the name Setophaga (published in 1827) takes priority over Wilsonia (published in 1838), hooded warbler would then be transferred as Setophaga citrina. This change has been accepted by the North American Classification Committee of the American Ornithologists' Union, and the IOC World Bird List. The South American Classification Committee continues to list the bird in the genus Wilsonia.

The French polymath Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon described the hooded warbler in 1779 in his Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux from a specimen collected in Louisiana. The bird was also illustrated in a hand-coloured plate engraved by François-Nicolas Martinet in the Planches Enluminées... Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Rocky Mountain National Park

Setophaga coronata

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

Setophaga auduboni

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Setophaga petechia

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Setophaga aestiva

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Setophaga townsendi

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Setophaga ruticilla

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Setophaga palmarum

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Setophaga magnolia

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Setophaga americana

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Setophaga pensylvanica

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Setophaga pinus

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Setophaga nigrescens

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

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Global Distribution

Warmer areas are where this animal is recorded most often.

Parks Where Found

#	Park	Country	Daily sighting probability
1	Tikal National Park	🇬🇹 Guatemala	~40%
2	Biotopo Cerro Cahuí	🇬🇹 Guatemala	~40%
3	Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	~30%
4	Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	~30%
5	Calakmul Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	~30%
6	Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary	🇧🇿 Belize	~30%
7	Pico Bonito National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	~30%
8	Congaree National Park	🇺🇸 United States	~30%
9	Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	~20%
10	Lago de Yojoa	🇭🇳 Honduras	~20%
11	Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	~20%
12	Cusuco National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	~10%
13	Cañón del Sumidero National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	~10%
14	Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	~10%
15	Point Pelee National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	~10%
16	Shenandoah National Park	🇺🇸 United States	~10%
17	Celestún Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	~10%
18	Ciénaga de Zapata	🇨🇺 Cuba	<5%
19	Rincón de la Vieja National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
20	Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park	🇯🇲 Jamaica	<5%
21	Everglades National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
22	Tenorio Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
23	Arenal Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
24	Tortuguero National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
25	Braulio Carrillo National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
26	Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
27	Bastimentos Island National Marine Park	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
28	Carara National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
29	Los Quetzales National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
30	La Amistad International Park (Panama)	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
31	Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
32	Jaragua National Park	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	Insufficient data
33	El Triunfo	🇲🇽 Mexico	Insufficient data
34	La Tigra National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	Insufficient data
35	Celaque National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	Insufficient data
36	Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
37	Las Baulas Marine National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
38	Cahuita National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
39	Tayrona National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	Insufficient data
40	Big Cypress National Preserve	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
41	El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	Insufficient data
42	Masaya Volcano National Park	🇳🇮 Nicaragua	Insufficient data
43	Manuel Antonio National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
44	Soberanía National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	Insufficient data
45	Yosemite National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
46	Acadia National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data

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Hooded Warbler

About the Hooded Warbler

Recent sightings of Hooded Warbler in Rocky Mountain National Park

Closest Relatives at Rocky Mountain National Park

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Audubon's Warbler

Yellow Warbler

Northern Yellow Warbler

Townsend's Warbler

American Redstart

Palm Warbler

Magnolia Warbler

Northern Parula

Chestnut-sided Warbler

Pine Warbler

Black-throated Gray Warbler

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found