Birds · La Saladita, Guerrero

Nashville Warbler

Leiothlypis ruficapilla

Spanish: Chipe de coronilla

The Nashville warbler (Leiothlypis ruficapilla) is a small songbird in the New World warbler family, found in North and Central America. It breeds in parts of the northern and western United States and southern Canada, and migrates to winter in southern California and Texas, Mexico, and the north of Central America. It has a gray head and a green back, and its underparts are yellow and white.

TaxonomyAves › Passeriformes › Parulidae

Local records42 research-grade observations within about 50 km of La Saladita (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones)

Global records32,386 on iNaturalist

Most recent records2024 – 2026

Months of the 8 most recent records

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Recent local sightings

2026-01-18 — observation by zihuadean
2025-04-23 — observation by isaactnewell
2025-01-03 — observation by zihuadean
2024-12-29 — observation by zihuadean
2024-10-30 — observation by zihuadean
2024-01-15 — observation by zihuadean

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Cite as: “Nashville Warbler (Leiothlypis ruficapilla) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/leiothlypis-ruficapilla/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.