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Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca



Taxonomy

Taxonomic note

Setophaga fusca (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: https://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.htm.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history
Red List criteria met
Critically Endangered Endangered Vulnerable
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Red List history
Year Category Criteria
2021 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
Species attributes

Migratory status full migrant Forest dependency medium
Land-mass type Average mass -
Range

Estimate Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident) 4,110,000 km2 medium
Extent of Occurrence (non-breeding) 5,410,000 km2 medium
Severely fragmented? no -
Population
Estimate Data quality Derivation Year of estimate
Population size 13000000 mature individuals poor estimated 2019
Population trend increasing - estimated -
Rate of change over the past 10 years/3 generations (longer of the two periods) 11% - - -
Generation length 2.3 years - - -

Population justification: The global population is estimated to number 13 million mature individuals (Partners in Flight 2019).

Trend justification: The population has been overall stable between 1970 and 2017 (Partners in Flight 2019; Rosenberg et al. 2019). Short-term trends however suggest that the population is now increasing at a rate of 11% over the past ten years (Pardieck et al. 2018).


Country/territory distribution
Country/Territory Presence Origin Resident Breeding visitor Non-breeding visitor Passage migrant
Antigua and Barbuda extant vagrant
Aruba (to Netherlands) extant vagrant
Bahamas extant native yes
Barbados extant vagrant
Belize extant native yes
Bermuda (to UK) extant vagrant
Bolivia extant native yes
Brazil extant native yes
Canada extant native yes yes
Cayman Islands (to UK) extant vagrant yes
Colombia extant native yes
Costa Rica extant native yes yes
Cuba extant native yes
Dominica extant vagrant
Dominican Republic extant native yes
Ecuador extant native yes
El Salvador extant native yes
French Guiana extant vagrant
Greenland (to Denmark) extant vagrant
Grenada extant vagrant
Guadeloupe (to France) extant native
Guatemala extant native yes
Guyana extant native yes
Haiti extant native yes
Honduras extant native yes
Iceland extant vagrant
Jamaica extant native yes
Martinique (to France) extant vagrant
Mexico extant native yes
Montserrat (to UK) extant vagrant
Nicaragua extant native yes
Panama extant native yes yes
Peru extant native yes
Puerto Rico (to USA) extant vagrant
St Kitts and Nevis extant vagrant
St Lucia extant vagrant
St Pierre and Miquelon (to France) extant vagrant
St Vincent and the Grenadines extant vagrant
Suriname extant vagrant
Trinidad and Tobago extant native yes
Turks and Caicos Islands (to UK) extant vagrant
United Kingdom extant vagrant
USA extant native yes yes
Venezuela extant native yes
Virgin Islands (to USA) extant vagrant

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)
Country/Territory IBA Name

Habitats & altitude
Habitat (level 1) Habitat (level 2) Importance Occurrence
Forest Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland major non-breeding
Forest Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane major non-breeding
Forest Temperate 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 Unknown Unknown
Stresses
Reduced reproductive success

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/blackburnian-warbler-setophaga-fusca on 15/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 15/12/2024.