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Taxonomic note

Leiothlypis virginiae (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) was previously placed in the genus Vermivora following AOU (1998 & supplements); Sibley & Monroe (1990, 1993); Stotz et al. (1996).

 

Taxonomic source(s)
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.

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

Migratory status	full migrant	Forest dependency	medium
Land-mass type		Average mass	8 g

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	1,620,000 km2	medium
Extent of Occurrence (non-breeding)	173,000 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	900000 mature individuals	poor	estimated	2019
Population trend	decreasing	-	estimated	-
Rate of change over the past 10 years/3 generations (longer of the two periods)	15%	-	-	-
Generation length	2.05 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population is estimated to number 900,000 mature individuals (Partners in Flight 2019).

Trend justification: The species is undergoing a large, significant decline (Partners in Flight 2019; Rosenberg et al. 2019). Short-term trends suggest a rate of decline of 15% over the past ten years (Pardieck et al. 2018).

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Bahamas	extant	vagrant
Canada	extant	vagrant
Guatemala	extant	vagrant			yes
Mexico	extant	native			yes	yes
USA	extant	native		yes		yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	major	breeding
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude	major	non-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 Indirect ecosystem effects

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Virginia's Warbler Leiothlypis virginiae. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/virginias-warbler-leiothlypis-virginiae on 22/12/2024.
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 22/12/2024.