Wood Warblers, western Pennsylvania
Order Passeriformes -perching birds
Suborder Oscines - songbirds
Family Parulidae - New World Warblers or Wood Warblers Subfamily
There are 115 or 116 species of wood warbler, all found only in the Western Hemisphere. Disoriented migrants from North America occasionally are found in Western Europe. Thirty-nine species have been recorded in western Pennsylvania, with twenty-nine species known to breed(*). Additionally, the Blackpoll Warbler has been documented nesting in Northeastern Pennsylvania.
Genus Vermivora
*Blue-winged Warbler V. pinus
*Golden-winged Warbler V. chrysoptera
Genus Oreothlypis
Tennessee Warbler O. peregrina
Orange-crowned Warbler O. celata
*Nashville Warbler O. ruficapilla
Genus Parula
*Northern Parula P. americana
Genus Dendroica
*Yellow Warbler D. petechia
*Chestnut-sided Warbler D. pensylvanica
*Magnolia Warbler D. magnolia
Cape May Warbler D. tigrina
*Black-throated Blue Warbler D. caerulescens
*Yellow-rumped Warbler D. coronata
Black-throated Gray Warbler D. nigrescens (rare vagrant)
*Black-throated Green Warbler D. virens
*Blackburnian Warbler D. fusca
*Yellow-throated Warbler D. dominica
*Pine Warbler D. pinus
Kirkland’s Warbler D. kirklandii (rare vagrant)
*Prairie Warbler D. discolor
*Palm Warbler D. palmarum
Bay-breasted Warbler D. castanea
Blackpoll Warbler D. striata
*Cerulean Warbler D. cerulea
Genus Mniotita
*Black-and-white Warbler M. varia
Genus Setophaga
*American Redstart S. ruticilla
Genus Protonotaria
*Prothonotary Warbler P. citrea
Genus Helmitheros
*Worm-eating Warbler H. vermivorus
Genus Limnothlypis
Swanison’s Warbler L. swainsonii (rare vagrant)
Genus Seirus
*Ovenbird S. aurocapillus
Genus Parkesia
*Northern Waterthrush P. novaboracensis
*Louisiana Waterthrush P. motacilla
Genus Oporornis
*Kentucky Warbler O. formosus
Connecticut Warbler O. agilis
*Mourning Warbler O. philadelphia
Genus Geothlypis
*Common Yellowthroat G. trichas
Genus Wilsonia
*Hooded Warbler W. citrina
Wilson's Warbler W. pusilla
*Canada Warbler W. canadensis
Genus Icteria
*Yellow-breasted Chat I. virens