Magnolia Warbler
Setophaga magnolia
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Call and song
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About the Magnolia Warbler
Breeding males are striking and unmistakable: especially look for white wing patch, head pattern, and thick black streaks on underparts. Females and immatures are less obvious and might be mistaken for Canada Warbler, but combination of gray head, yellow underparts, white wingbars, and at least some dark streaks on the flanks is distinctive. Always look for tail pattern from below: basal half is white, tip is black. Breeds in coniferous forests, especially with dense understory. Migrants and wintering birds can be found in any wooded area or edge. Winters primarily in Central America and the Caribbean.
Species account: eBird.org, fetched 2025-12-26 · How these pages are made
Where it has been recorded
Recorded in 38 of the 253 countries we have eBird lists for. Each opens that country's checklist.
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Aruba
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Belize
- Bermuda
- Canada
- Caribbean Netherlands
- Cayman Islands
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Cuba
- Curaçao
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- El Salvador
- Guadeloupe
- Guatemala
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Iceland
- Jamaica
- Mexico
- Nicaragua
- Panama
- Portugal
- Puerto Rico
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Martin (French part)
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- Sint Maarten
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Venezuela
- Virgin Islands (British)
- Virgin Islands (U.S.)
