Setophaga dominica
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In 3 days <5% in a week ~10%
The yellow-throated warbler (Setophaga dominica) is a small migratory songbird species in the New World warbler family (Parulidae) found in temperate North America. The yellow-throated warbler was formally described in 1766 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in the twelfth edition of his Systema Naturae under the binomial name Motacilla dominica. Linnaeus based his account on "Le Figuier cendré de S. Dominigue" that had been described and illustrated in 1760 by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in his multivolume Ornithology. Linnaeus specified the location as Jamaica and Dominica but this was restricted to Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic by the American Ornithologists' Union in 1910. The yellow-throated warbler is now one of over 30 species placed in the genus Setophaga that was introduced by the English naturalist William Swainson in 1827. The genus name Setophaga combines the Ancient Greek σης/sēs, σητος/sētos meaning "moth" with -φαγος/-phagos meaning "-eating".
Three subspecies are currently accepted: Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Havana | 🇨🇺 Cuba | |
| 2 | Orlando | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Miami | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Santo Domingo | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | |
| 5 | San Pedro Sula | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 6 | Guatemala City | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 7 | Houston | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | Monterrey | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 9 | Chicago | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 10 | Washington | 🇺🇸 United States |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-throated Warbler sighting in Guatemala City on a given day, based on 47 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 143rd most-seen of the 220 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, and over a week to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-throated Warbler in Guatemala City on a given day, against under 5% in October to August, the lowest months. That is one of Guatemala City's wettest months, with about 240 mm of rain against 5 mm in January.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Yellow-throated 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.
6th of 22
Of the 22 cities where we can rate Yellow-throated Warbler sightings, Guatemala City ranks 6th at under 5%. The best odds are in Havana (Cuba, about 20%), Orlando (United States, about 20%) and Miami (United States, about 10%).
Same genus: Setophaga
The closest relatives of the Yellow-throated Warbler that you can see in Guatemala City (genus Setophaga, Setophaga Warblers) are Grace's Warbler (about 20%), Townsend's Warbler (about 10%) and Northern Yellow Warbler (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Yellow-throated Warbler is recorded against all the birds logged in Guatemala City (47 verified sightings), 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.
