Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum) - BirdLife species factsheet

Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

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#.
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 Perrins, C.M. 1977-1994. Handbook of the birds of Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The birds of the western Palearctic. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Cramp, S.; Perrins, C. M. 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. 2006. A classification of the bird species of South America. Available at: #http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.html#.
SACC. 2006. A classification of the bird species of South America. Available at: #http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.htm#.

IUCN Red list criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
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

Species attributes

Migratory status	full migrant	Forest dependency	Low
Land mass type		Average mass	10.30000019 g

Extent of occurrence (EOO)

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence breeding/resident (km2)	6,210,000	medium
Extent of Occurrence non-breeding (km2)	13,200,000	medium
Number of locations		-
Fragmentation		-

Population and trend

	Estimate	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		-	-	-
Largest subpopulations		-	-	-
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 distribution

Country/Territory	Occurrence status	Presence	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
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba (to Netherlands)	N	Extant
Canada	N	Extant	Yes
Cayman Islands (to UK)	N	Extant
Colombia	N	Extant
Costa Rica	N	Extant		Yes
Cuba	N	Extant
Curaçao (to Netherlands)	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
Sint Maarten (to Netherlands)	N	Extant
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

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitats & altitude

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	major	breeding
Wetlands (inland)	Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands	suitable	non-breeding
Wetlands (inland)	Shrub Dominated Wetlands	major	breeding
Altitude		Occasional altitudinal limits

Threats & impact

Threat (level 1)

Threat (level 2)

Impact and Stresses

Climate change & severe weather

Other impacts

Timing

Scope

Severity

Impact

Ongoing

Unknown

Stresses
Reduced reproductive success

Utilisation

Purpose	Primary form used	Life stage used	Source	Scale	Level	Timing
Pets	Whole	Adults and juveniles	Wild	International	Non-trivial	Recent

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2017) Species factsheet: Setophaga palmarum. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 19/10/2017. Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2017) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 19/10/2017.