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Cerulean Warbler

Setophaga cerulea(Wilson, A, 1810)

English (US) Cerulean Warbler

The Cerulean Warbler (Setophaga cerulea) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Parulidae (New World Warblers) in the order Passeriformes.

Range: breeds eastern North America; winters mountains of Colombia to Venezuela and southward in Andes to western BoliviaRange summary from AviList, in English.

Scientific name
Setophaga cerulea
IUCN Red List
Near Threatened
English (US)
Cerulean Warbler
Described by
(Wilson, A, 1810)

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Taxonomic history

First described as
Sylvia cerulea
Described by
(Wilson, A, 1810)
Type locality
Pennsylvania ; restricted to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by Amer. Ornith. Union, 1931, Check-list North Amer. Birds, ed. 4, p. 289.
Original description
American Ornithology or, the Natural History of the Birds of the United States: Illustrated with Plates Engraved and Colored from Original Drawings taken from Nature 2 p.141 pl.17 fig.5

Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.

See all 116 species of the family Parulidae