Nashville Warbler
Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyParulidae (Parúlids)
- GenusLeiothlypis (Leiothlypis Warblers)
- SpeciesLeiothlypis ruficapilla (Nashville Warbler)
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. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Elk Island National Park
Tennessee Warbler
Leiothlypis peregrina
Orange-crowned Warbler
Leiothlypis celata
Yellow Warbler
Setophaga petechia
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Setophaga coronata
Common Yellowthroat
Geothlypis trichas
Northern Yellow Warbler
Setophaga aestiva
Ovenbird
Seiurus aurocapilla
American Redstart
Setophaga ruticilla
Black-and-white Warbler
Mniotilta varia
Mourning Warbler
Geothlypis philadelphia
Connecticut Warbler
Oporornis agilis
Bay-breasted Warbler
Setophaga castanea
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Nashville Warbler at Elk Island National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there