Leiothlypis celata
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
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 |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Orange-crowned Warbler sighting in San Luis Potosí on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 54th most-seen of the 62 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report an Orange-crowned Warbler in San Luis Potosí on a given day, against under 5% in April–May and December–February, the lowest months. That is one of San Luis Potosí's driest months, with about 15 mm of rain against 110 mm in July. March and June–October have too few records to rate.
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.
25th of 41
Of the 41 cities where we can rate Orange-crowned Warbler sightings, San Luis Potosí ranks 25th at about 10%. The best odds are in Tijuana (México, about 50%), San Diego (United States, about 40%) and Monterrey (México, about 40%).
Same family: Parulidae
The closest relatives of the Orange-crowned Warbler that you can see in San Luis Potosí (family Parulidae, New World Warblers) are Yellow-rumped Warbler (about 40%), Audubon's Warbler (about 20%) and Wilson's Warbler (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Orange-crowned Warbler is recorded against all the birds logged in San Luis Potosí (5 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.
