Hooded Warbler
Setophaga citrina
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyParulidae (Parúlids)
- GenusSetophaga (Setophaga Warblers)
- SpeciesSetophaga citrina (Hooded Warbler)
The hooded warbler (Setophaga citrina) is a New World warbler. It breeds in eastern North America across the eastern United States and into southernmost Canada (Ontario). It is migratory, wintering in Central America and the West Indies. Hooded warblers are very rare vagrants to western Europe. Recent genetic research has suggested that the type species of Wilsonia (hooded warbler W. citrina) and of Setophaga (American redstart S. ruticilla) are closely related and should be merged into the same genus. As the name Setophaga (published in 1827) takes priority over Wilsonia (published in 1838), hooded warbler would then be transferred as Setophaga citrina. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge
Yellow Warbler
Setophaga petechia
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Setophaga pensylvanica
Bay-breasted Warbler
Setophaga castanea
Blackburnian Warbler
Setophaga fusca
American Redstart
Setophaga ruticilla
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Setophaga coronata
Cerulean Warbler
Setophaga cerulea
Magnolia Warbler
Setophaga magnolia
Northern Waterthrush
Parkesia noveboracensis
Tennessee Warbler
Leiothlypis peregrina
Prothonotary Warbler
Protonotaria citrea
Olive-crowned Yellowthroat
Geothlypis semiflava
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Hooded Warbler at Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge — 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