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