Grace's Warbler
Setophaga graciae
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Chordates)
- ClassAves (Birds)
- OrderPasseriformes (Perching Birds)
- FamilyParulidae (New World Warblers)
- GenusSetophaga (Setophaga Warblers)
- SpeciesSetophaga graciae (Grace's Warbler)
About the Grace's Warbler
Grace's warbler (Setophaga graciae) is a small New World warbler that specializes in pine woods. Grace's warbler was discovered by Elliott Coues in the Rocky Mountains in 1864. He requested that the new species be named after his 18-year-old sister, Grace Darling Coues, and his request was honored when Spencer Fullerton Baird described the species scientifically in 1865.
Grace's warbler is a small bird, 11–13 cm long. It is mostly gray on top, with broken black streaks across the back and flanks and two white bars on the wings. The throat and breast are a vibrant yellow, and the rest of the underparts are white. It has a yellow half-eye ring under the eye and a long yellow "eyebrow" stripe that starts at the base of the beak and runs above the eye, fading to white after it passes the eye.
Grace's warblers breed from the south-western United States to Nicaragua and winter in their breeding range from north-eastern Sinaloa and north-western Durango south. They are almost always found in pine forests, even in migration, though at the northern end of their range (in southern Nevada and Utah and southwestern Colorado) they... Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Saguaro National Park
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Setophaga coronata
Yellow Warbler
Setophaga petechia
Northern Yellow Warbler
Setophaga aestiva
Audubon's Warbler
Setophaga auduboni
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Setophaga nigrescens
Northern Parula
Setophaga americana
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Setophaga pensylvanica
Townsend's Warbler
Setophaga townsendi
Yellow-throated Warbler
Setophaga dominica
Hermit Warbler
Setophaga occidentalis
Pine Warbler
Setophaga pinus
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Setophaga caerulescens
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 | Celaque National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 2 | La Tigra National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 3 | Grand Canyon National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Guadalupe Mountains National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Zion National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Cusuco National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 7 | Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 8 | Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary | 🇧🇿 Belize | |
| 9 | Big Bend National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 10 | Saguaro National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 11 | El Triunfo | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 12 | Reserva de la Biosfera Mariposa Monarca | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 13 | Lago de Yojoa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 14 | Tikal National Park | 🇬🇹 Guatemala |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Grace's Warbler in Saguaro National Park?
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Grace's Warbler sighting in Saguaro National Park, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Grace's Warbler in Saguaro National Park?
April has the highest sighting rate for Grace's Warbler in Saguaro National Park in our monthly data.