Setophaga pharetra
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In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
The arrowhead warbler (Setophaga pharetra) is a species of passerine bird in the family Parulidae, the New World warblers. It is endemic to Jamaica. The arrowhead warbler was formally described by the English naturalist Philip Henry Gosse in 1847 as Sylvicola pharetra, with its type locality given as Bluefields Peak. It was later reassigned to genus Dendroica, and beginning in 2011 taxonomic systems reassigned it to its present genus Setophaga. The arrowhead warbler forms a superspecies with the elfin woods warbler (S. angelae) of Puerto Rico and the plumbeous warbler (S. plumbea) of Guadeloupe and Dominica.
The arrowhead warbler is monotypic. The arrowhead warbler's genus Setophaga means "moth eater" in Greek. The specific epithet pharetra is Latin and means "quiver" as in a carrier for arrows. The arrowhead warbler is 12.5 to 13 cm (4.9 to 5.1 in) long and weighs 9.1 to 10.5 g (0.32 to 0.37 oz). The sexes have almost the same plumage. Adult males have a black and white streaked head and upperparts. The upper side of their wings is darker and the greater and median coverts have white tips that show as two wing bars... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park | 🇯🇲 Jamaica |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Likely
About 60% of wildlife watchers report an Arrowhead Warbler sighting in Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park on a given day, based on 648 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 19th most-seen of the 91 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January and February
In those months about 70% of wildlife watchers report an Arrowhead Warbler in Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park on a given day, against about 50% in April and July–August, the lowest months. June has too few records to rate.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Arrowhead Warbler sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park, in our data
Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Arrowhead Warbler sightings: about 60% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Setophaga
The closest relatives of the Arrowhead Warbler that you can see in Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park (genus Setophaga, Setophaga Warblers) are American Redstart (about 80%), Black-throated Blue Warbler (about 70%) and Northern Parula (about 60%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Arrowhead Warbler is recorded against all the birds logged in Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park (648 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.
