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Setophaga is a genus of birds of the New World warbler family Parulidae. It contains at least 34 species . The Setophaga warblers are an example of adaptive radiation with the various species using different feeding techniques and often feeding in different parts of the same tree.
The yellow-rumped warbler (Setophaga coronata) is a regular North American bird species that can be commonly observed all across the continent.Its extensive range connects both the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of the U.S. as well as Canada and Central America, with the population concentrated in the continent's northern reaches during the breeding season and migrating southwards to southern ...
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 .
The yellow warbler (Setophaga petechia) is a New World warbler species. Yellow warblers are the most widespread species in the diverse genus Setophaga , breeding in almost the whole of North America , the Caribbean , as well as northern South America .
Setophaga pitiayumi has occasionally been lumped with the closely related northern parula (S. americana) as a single species. Hybrids are routinely found in the Rio Grande Valley of southern Texas, though this may be a recent phenomenon. Most tropical parulas can be distinguished from the northern parula by their lack of white-eye crescents ...
The genus name Setophaga is from Ancient Greek ses, "moth", and phagos, "eating", and the specific pennsylvanicus means "Pennsylvania". [2] Setophaga icterocephala is a junior synonym of S. pennsylvanicus, and is no longer used. [3] The chestnut-sided warbler used to be in the genus Dendroica; however, it was merged with the genus Setophaga in ...
Rare hybrids between the American redstart and the congeneric magnolia warbler (Setophaga magnolia) have been documented on two occasions, in Ohio, USA, and Quebec, Canada. In both cases, the hybrid's mother was a magnolia warbler and the father was a redstart. [10]
The Blackburnian warbler (Setophaga fusca) is a small New World warbler. They breed in eastern North America , from southern Canada , westwards to the southern Canadian Prairies , the Great Lakes region and New England , to North Carolina .