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Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica



Taxonomy

Taxonomic note

Setophaga dominica (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) was previously placed in the genus Dendroica following AOU (1998 & supplements).

 

Taxonomic source(s)
AOU. 1998. Check-list of North American birds. American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C.
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.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history
Red List criteria met
Critically Endangered Endangered Vulnerable
- - -

Red List history
Year Category Criteria
2021 Least Concern
2018 Least Concern
2016 Least Concern
2013 Least Concern
2012 Least Concern
2008 Not Recognised
2004 Not Recognised
2000 Not Recognised
1994 Not Recognised
1988 Not Recognised
Species attributes

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

Estimate Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident) 2,850,000 km2 medium
Extent of Occurrence (non-breeding) 6,590,000 km2 medium
Severely fragmented? no -
Population
Estimate Data quality Derivation Year of estimate
Population size 2000000 mature individuals poor estimated 2019
Population trend increasing - estimated -
Rate of change over the past 10 years/3 generations (longer of the two periods) 14% - - -
Generation length 1.97 years - - -

Population justification: The global population is estimated to number 2 million mature individuals (Partners in Flight 2019).

Trend justification: The species is increasing (Partners in Flight 2019; Rosenberg et al. 2019). Short-term trends suggest that the population increased by 14% over the past ten years (Pardieck et al. 2018).


Country/territory distribution
Country/Territory Presence Origin Resident Breeding visitor Non-breeding visitor Passage migrant
Anguilla (to UK) extant vagrant
Bahamas extant native yes
Barbados extant vagrant
Belize extant native yes yes
Bermuda (to UK) extant vagrant
Canada extant vagrant yes
Cayman Islands (to UK) extant native yes
Colombia extant vagrant yes
Costa Rica extant native yes yes
Cuba extant native yes
CuraƧao (to Netherlands) extant vagrant
Dominican Republic extant native yes
El Salvador extant native yes yes
Guadeloupe (to France) extant vagrant
Guatemala extant native yes yes
Haiti extant native yes
Honduras extant native yes yes
Jamaica extant native yes
Mexico extant native yes yes
Montserrat (to UK) extant vagrant
Nicaragua extant native yes yes
Panama extant native yes yes
Portugal extant vagrant
Puerto Rico (to USA) extant native yes
St Kitts and Nevis extant vagrant
Turks and Caicos Islands (to UK) extant native yes
USA extant native yes yes yes yes
Virgin Islands (to UK) extant vagrant yes
Virgin Islands (to USA) extant vagrant yes

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

Habitats & altitude
Habitat (level 1) Habitat (level 2) Importance Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial Arable Land suitable non-breeding
Artificial/Terrestrial Rural Gardens suitable non-breeding
Artificial/Terrestrial Urban Areas suitable non-breeding
Forest Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level suitable non-breeding
Forest Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland suitable non-breeding
Forest Temperate major breeding
Forest Temperate suitable non-breeding
Shrubland Subtropical/Tropical Dry suitable non-breeding
Shrubland Subtropical/Tropical Moist suitable non-breeding
Wetlands (inland) Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls) major breeding
Altitude   Occasional altitudinal limits  

Utilisation
Purpose Scale
Pets/display animals, horticulture international

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/yellow-throated-warbler-setophaga-dominica on 26/12/2024.
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 26/12/2024.