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Yellow warbler
Species of bird / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the yellow warbler genus in the Acrocephalidae, see Chloropeta.
"Yellowbird" redirects here. For other uses, see Yellow Bird (disambiguation).
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, and down to northern South America.
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Yellow warbler | |
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Male in breeding plumage, Canada | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Parulidae |
Genus: | Setophaga |
Species: | S. petechia |
Binomial name | |
Setophaga petechia | |
Subspecies | |
About 35 (but see text) | |
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Distribution of the yellow warbler Breeding range Year-round range Wintering range | |
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