Leiothlypis celata
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In 3 days ~70% in a week >90%
The orange-crowned warbler (Leiothlypis celata) is a small songbird of the New World warbler family. The orange-crowned warbler was formally described in 1822 by the American zoologist Thomas Say under the binomial name Sylvia celatus from a specimen collected on an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains led by Stephen Harriman Long. The specific epithet celatus is Latin and means "secret" or "hidden". The type locality is Omaha, Nebraska. The orange-crowned warbler is now placed in the genus Leiothlypis that was introduced by the Dutch ornithologist George Sangster in 2008. The genus name is derived from the Ancient Greek λειος/leios meaning "plain" and θλυπις/thlupis, an unknown small bird mentioned by Aristotle.
Four subspecies are recognised: The orange... Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tijuana | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 2 | San Diego | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Monterrey | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 4 | Los Angeles | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Mesa | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Anchorage | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | San Antonio | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | Puebla | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 9 | Mexico City | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 10 | Torreón | 🇲🇽 México |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report an Orange-crowned Warbler sighting in Los Angeles on a given day, based on 39,351 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 22nd most-seen of the 426 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April and September–October
In those months about 50% of wildlife watchers report an Orange-crowned Warbler in Los Angeles on a given day, against about 20% in July, the lowest month. Those are among Los Angeles's driest months, with about 15 mm of rain a month against 75 mm in February.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Orange-crowned 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.
4th of 41
Of the 41 cities where we can rate Orange-crowned Warbler sightings, Los Angeles ranks 4th at about 40%. The best odds are in Tijuana (México, about 50%), San Diego (United States, about 40%) and Monterrey (México, about 40%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Orange-crowned Warbler is recorded against all the birds logged in Los Angeles (39,351 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.
