Leiothlypis peregrina
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The Tennessee warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina) is a New World warbler that breeds in eastern North America and winters in southern Central America, the Caribbean, and northern South America. The specific name peregrina is from Latin peregrinus "wanderer".
The Tennessee warbler is 11.5 cm (4.5 in) long, has a 19.69 cm (7.75 in) wingspan, and weighs roughly 10 g (0.35 oz). The breeding male has olive back, shoulders, rump and vent. The flight feathers are brownish-black. It has a slate gray neck, crown and eyeline. The underside is a gray-white. The female is similar to the male, but is much duller and is tinged with yellow and olive overall, especially on the underside. The Tennessee warbler has long wings, short tail and a thin, pointy bill. Juveniles and first-year birds are quite similar to the female. In winter and fall, adult male resembles juvenile and spring adult female but shows more yellow below: the grey neck and crown turn into an olive green while the underside takes a yellow hue. On the face the yellow supraocular line stands out. Both sexes have white undertail coverts all year long.
Tennessee warblers resemble female black-throated blue warblers. The... Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guatemala City | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 2 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | San Salvador | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | |
| 4 | Minneapolis [Saint Paul] | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Bogota | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 6 | Chicago | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Detroit | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | Edmonton | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 9 | Managua | 🇳🇮 Nicaragua | |
| 10 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | National Zoological Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Tennessee Warbler sighting in Quito on a given day, based on 34 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 95th most-seen of the 167 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Tennessee Warbler in Quito on a given day, against under 5% in February to December, the lowest months. That is one of Quito's wettest months, with about 140 mm of rain against 25 mm in August.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Tennessee 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.
24th of 37
Of the 37 cities where we can rate Tennessee Warbler sightings, Quito ranks 24th at under 5%. The best odds are in Guatemala City (Guatemala, about 40%), San José (Costa Rica, about 30%) and San Salvador (El Salvador, about 20%).
Same family: Parulidae
The closest relatives of the Tennessee Warbler that you can see in Quito (family Parulidae, New World Warblers) are Blackburnian Warbler (about 20%), Black-crested Warbler (about 20%) and Yellow Warbler (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Tennessee Warbler is recorded against all the birds logged in Quito (34 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.
