Birds · La Saladita, Guerrero

Blackburnian Warbler

Setophaga fusca

Spanish: Chipe garganta naranja

Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca)
Photographed by santiagob1986 on iNaturalist · CC-BY-NC

The Blackburnian warbler is a small New World warbler. They breed in eastern North America, from southern Canada, westwards to the southern Canadian Prairies, the Great Lakes region and New England, to North Carolina. They are migratory, wintering in southern Central America and South America, and are very rare vagrants to western Europe. The common name honors the English botanist Anna Blackburne. Most often recorded in Jan.

TaxonomyAves › Passeriformes › Parulidae
Local records1 research-grade observation within about 50 km of La Saladita (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones)
Global records20,171 on iNaturalist
Recorded here2023 – 2023
Months recorded near La Saladita
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Recent local sightings

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Cite as: “Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/setophaga-fusca/, 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.