Setophaga nigrescens
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The black-throated gray warbler or black-throated grey warbler (Setophaga nigrescens) is a passerine bird of the New World warbler family Parulidae. It is 13 cm (5.1 in) long and has gray and white plumage with black markings. The male has the bold black throat of its name, and black stripes on its head, as well as black streaks on its flanks; the female is a paler version of the male, with a white throat and less distinct black markings on the flanks and wings. It breeds in western North America from British Columbia to New Mexico, and winters in Mexico and the southwestern United States. The habitats it prefers are coniferous and mixed forests and scrubland, especially those with pinyon pines, junipers, sagebrush, and oaks. Its nest is an open cup of plant fibers lined with feathers, built a few metres from the ground in the branches of a tree or shrub. Three to five eggs are laid, and young are fed by both parents. Common in its breeding range, it does not seem to be seriously threatened by human activities, unlike many migratory warblers.
The black-throated gray warbler was first described by John Kirk Townsend in 1837 from a specimen collected near today's Portland... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grand Canyon National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Zion National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Yosemite National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Guadalupe Mountains National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Olympic National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Death Valley National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | Saguaro National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | Redwood National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 10 | Cumbres de Monterrey National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 11 | Reserva de la Biosfera Mariposa Monarca | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 12 | Joshua Tree National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 13 | El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 14 | Great Bear Rainforest | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 15 | Pacific Rim National Park Reserve | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 16 | Big Bend National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 17 | Channel Islands National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 18 | Bahía de Loreto National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mexico City | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 2 | Guadalajara | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 3 | Vancouver | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 4 | Tijuana | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 5 | Puebla | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 6 | Monterrey | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 7 | Portland | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | Los Angeles | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | Sacramento | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 10 | Mesa | 🇺🇸 United States |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Black-throated Gray Warbler sighting in Big Bend National Park on a given day, based on 78 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 170th most-seen of the 270 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Black-throated Gray Warbler in Big Bend National Park on a given day, against under 5% in October to August, the lowest months. That is one of Big Bend National Park's wettest months, with about 50 mm of rain against 10 mm in April.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Black-throated Gray Warbler sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
16th of 18
Of the 18 parks where we can rate Black-throated Gray Warbler sightings, Big Bend National Park ranks 16th at under 5%. The best odds are in Grand Canyon National Park (United States, about 30%), Zion National Park (United States, about 20%) and Yosemite National Park (United States, about 20%).
Same genus: Setophaga
The closest relatives of the Black-throated Gray Warbler that you can see in Big Bend National Park (genus Setophaga, Setophaga Warblers) are Yellow-rumped Warbler (about 50%), Audubon's Warbler (about 20%) and Townsend's Warbler (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Black-throated Gray Warbler is recorded against all the birds logged in Big Bend National Park (78 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
