• Summary
• Text account
• Data table and detailed info
• Distribution map
• Reference and further resources

Taxonomic note

Setophaga palmarum (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) was previously placed in the genus Dendroica following AERC TAC (2003); AOU (1998 & supplements); Cramp et al. (1977-1994); SACC (2005 & updates); Sibley & Monroe (1990, 1993); Stotz et al. (1996).

 

Taxonomic source(s)
AERC TAC. 2003. AERC TAC Checklist of bird taxa occurring in Western Palearctic region, 15th Draft. Available at: #http://www.aerc.eu/DOCS/Bird_taxa_of _the_WP15.xls#.
Cramp, S. and Simmons, K.E.L. (eds). 1977-1994. Handbook of the birds of Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The birds of the western Palearctic. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.
SACC. 2005 and updates. A classification of the bird species of South America. Available at: #http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.htm#.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2018	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Migratory status	full migrant	Forest dependency	Low
Land mass type		Average mass	10 g

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence breeding/resident (km2)	6,500,000	medium
Extent of Occurrence non-breeding (km2)	13,000,000	medium
Number of locations		-
Severely Fragmented		-

	Value	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
No. of mature individuals		poor	estimated	2009
Population trend	Increasing		estimated	-
Decline (3 years/1 generation past)		-	-	-
Decline (5 years/1 generation past)		-	-	-
Decline (10 years/1 generation past)		-	-	-
Decline (10 years/3 generation future)		-	-	-
Decline (10 years/3 generation past and future)		-	-	-
Number of subpopulations		-	-	-
Percentage in largest subpopulation		-	-	-
Generation length (yrs)	3.6	-	-	-

Trend justification: This species has undergone a large and statistically significant increase over the last 40 years in North America (344% increase over 40 years, equating to a 45.2% increase per decade; data from Breeding Bird Survey and/or Christmas Bird Count: Butcher an.

Country/Territory	Occurrence status	Presence	Resident	Breeding	Non-breeding	Passage
Aruba (to Netherlands)	N	Extant			Yes
Bahamas	N	Extant
Barbados	V	Extant
Belize	N	Extant			Yes
Bermuda (to UK)	N	Extant			Yes	Yes
Canada	N	Extant		Yes
Cayman Islands (to UK)	N	Extant
Colombia	N	Extant
Costa Rica	N	Extant			Yes
Cuba	N	Extant
Dominica	V	Extant
Dominican Republic	N	Extant
French Polynesia	V	Extant
Guadeloupe (to France)	N	Extant			Yes
Guatemala	N	Extant
Haiti	N	Extant
Honduras	N	Extant
Jamaica	N	Extant			Yes
Martinique (to France)	N	Extant			Yes
Mexico	N	Extant
Nicaragua	N	Extant			Yes
Panama	N	Extant
Puerto Rico (to USA)	N	Extant			Yes
St Lucia	V	Extant
St Pierre and Miquelon (to France)	N	Extant				Yes
Turks and Caicos Islands (to UK)	N	Extant
United States Minor Outlying Islands (to USA)	N	Extant				Yes
USA	N	Extant		Yes
Venezuela	V	Extant
Virgin Islands (to UK)	N	Extant			Yes
Virgin Islands (to USA)	N	Extant			Yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Jamaica	Yallahs
Jamaica	Rose Hall
Bahamas	Harrold and Wilson Ponds National Park
Bahamas	Great Inagua
Bahamas	Southern Abaco
Bahamas	Lucayan National Park
Bahamas	South Tarpum Bay
Bahamas	Governor's Harbour
Bahamas	Grog Pond
Bahamas	Graham's Harbour
Canada	Terra Nova National Park
Bahamas	Booby Rocks and Pirates Bay
Bahamas	Driggs Hill to Mars Bay
Bahamas	Mangrove Cay
Bahamas	Owenstown
Virgin Islands (to USA)	Great Pond
Cuba	Alejandro de Humboldt
Bahamas	Cat Island Wetlands
Bahamas	Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park
Bahamas	South Beach Tidal Flats
Bahamas	Allan's Cays
Bahamas	Red Bays

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Pastureland	suitable	non-breeding
Artificial/Terrestrial	Rural Gardens	suitable	non-breeding
Artificial/Terrestrial	Urban Areas	suitable	non-breeding
Forest	Temperate	suitable	breeding
Grassland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	non-breeding
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	non-breeding
Shrubland	Temperate	suitable	breeding
Wetlands (inland)	Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands	suitable	non-breeding
Wetlands (inland)	Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands	major	breeding
Wetlands (inland)	Shrub Dominated Wetlands	major	breeding
Altitude		Occasional altitudinal limits

Threat (level 1)	Threat (level 2)	Impact and Stresses
Climate change & severe weather	Other impacts	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Unknown		Unknown		Unknown
		Stresses Reduced reproductive success

Purpose	Primary form used	Life stage used	Source	Scale	Level	Timing
Pets/display animals, horticulture	-	-		International	Non-trivial	Recent

---

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2021) Species factsheet: Setophaga palmarum. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 25/10/2021. Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2021) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 25/10/2021.