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Mangrove Yellow Warbler
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Songbirds & other perching birds

Mangrove Yellow Warbler

Setophaga petechia (Linnaeus, 1766)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishMangrove Yellow Warbler
DutchMangrovezanger
SpanishChipe amarillo
Chinese北美黄林莺
Scientific nameSetophaga petechia (Linnaeus, 1766)

About this species

The mangrove warbler or mangrove yellow warbler (Setophaga petechia) is a New World warbler species. It a small bright yellow bird that is found in mangroves on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the tropical Americas. It is also present in the Caribbean and on the Galápagos Islands. It was formerly considered to be conspecific with the migratory American yellow warbler (Setophaga aestiva).

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderPasseriformes
FamilyParulidae
GenusSetophaga

In Suriname

266Records in Suriname
1912First record
2024Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Commewijne116
  • Paramaribo109
  • Sipaliwini12
  • Wanica10
  • Nickerie9
  • Para3
  • Saramacca1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

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