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Black-throated Green Warbler

Setophaga virens(Gmelin, JF, 1789)

English (US) Black-throated Green Warbler

The Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) 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 central Canada to southeastern Canada and north-central to northeastern USA; winters mainly northern Mexico to Costa Rica and West IndiesRange summary from AviList, in English.

Scientific name
Setophaga virens
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
English (US)
Black-throated Green Warbler
Described by
(Gmelin, JF, 1789)

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Taxonomic history

First described as
Motacilla virens
Described by
(Gmelin, JF, 1789)
Type locality
Pennsylvania ; restricted to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by Amer. Ornith. Union, 1910, Checkhst North Amer. Birds, ed. 3, p. 317.
Original description
Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I. Pars II 1 pt2 p.985

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

See all 116 species of the family Parulidae