Information and observations about species of warblers
that live on Mount Desert Island

(Family Parulidae, Order Passeriformes, Class Aves, Phylum Chordata, Kingdom Animalia)


(updated 29 December 2017)


Order Passeiformes, Family Parulidae - warblers

Mount Desert Island is home to 28 species in 9 genera in 1 family. Click on a link below or scroll down for more information.

   Parulidae (9 genera, 28 species)
      Vermivora pinus - blue-winged warbler
      Vermivora chrysoptera - golden-winged warbler
      Vermivora peregrina - Tennessee warbler
      Vermivora celata - orange-crowned warbler
      Vermivora ruficapilla - Nashville-crowned warbler
      Parula americana - northern parula
      Setophaga petechia - yellow warbler
      Setophaga pensylvanica - chestnut-sided warbler
      Setophaga magnolia - magnolia warbler
      Setophaga tigrina - Cape May warbler
      Setophaga caerulescens - black-throated blue warbler
      Setophaga coronata - yellow-rumped warbler
      Setophaga dominica - yellow-throated warbler
      Setophaga virens - black-throated green warbler
      Setophaga fusca - Blackburnian warbler
      Setophaga pinus - pine warbler
      Setophaga discolor - prairie warbler
      Setophaga palmarum - palm warbler
      Setophaga castanea - bay-breasted warbler
      Setophaga striata - blackpoll warbler
      Mniotilta varia - black-and-white warbler
      Setophaga ruticilla - American redstart
      Seiurus aurocapillus - ovenbird
      Seiurus noveboracensis - northern waterthrush
      Oporornis philadelphia - mourning warbler
      Geothlypis trichas - common yellowthroat
      Wilsonia pusilla - Wilson’s warbler
      Wilsonia canadensis - Canada warbler






Parulidae

Setophaga petechia (yellow warbler)

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Setophaga dominica (yellow-throated warbler)

(photo by Woody Gillies; click on image to enlarge)

Seiurus aurocapillus (ovenbird)

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Geothlypis trichas (common yellowthroat)

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