Yellow Warbler
Setophaga petechia
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Chordates)
- ClassAves (Birds)
- OrderPasseriformes (Perching Birds)
- FamilyParulidae (New World Warblers)
- GenusSetophaga (Setophaga Warblers)
- SpeciesSetophaga petechia (Yellow Warbler)
About the Yellow Warbler
The mangrove warbler or mangrove yellow warbler (Setophaga petechia) is a New World warbler species. It a small bright yellow bird that is found in mangroves on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the tropical Americas. It is also present in the Caribbean and on the Galápagos Islands. It was formerly considered to be conspecific with the migratory American yellow warbler (Setophaga aestiva).
The mangrove warbler was formally described in 1766 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in the twelfth edition of his Systema Naturae under the binomial name Motacilla petechia. The specific epithet petechia is from the Italian word petecchia "a small red spot on the skin". Linnaeus based his account on the "yellow-red pole" that had been described and illustrated in 1758 by the English naturalist George Edwards in his book Gleanings of Natural History. Edwards had obtained a specimen from the midwife Sidney Kennon. Edwards was unsure of the provenance of the specimen but in 1935 the Austrian ornithologist Carl Eduard Hellmayr designated the island of Barbados. The mangrove warbler is now placed in the genus Setophaga that was introduced by the English naturalist William Swainson... Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Saguaro National Park
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Setophaga coronata
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
Blackburnian Warbler
Setophaga fusca
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
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Yellow Warbler in Saguaro National Park?
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow Warbler sighting in Saguaro National Park, based on 11,622 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Yellow Warbler in Saguaro National Park?
April has the highest sighting rate for Yellow Warbler in Saguaro National Park in our monthly data.