Geothlypis tolmiei
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In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
MacGillivray's warbler (Geothlypis tolmiei) is a species of bird in the family Parulidae, the New World warblers. It is found from southeastern Alaska and western Canada to Panama. MacGillivray's warbler was formally described by John Townsend in 1839 with the binomial Sylvia Tolmiei [sic] and the English name "Tolmie's Warbler". He drew on paintings in Audubon's Birds of America, in which Audubon had confused it with what was later named the mourning warbler (Geothlypis philadelphia). Townsend's names honor his friend William Fraser Tolmie. MaGillivray's and the mourning warblers are sister species and hybridize extensively. Audubon gave the species its current English name to honor William MacGillivray.
MacGillivray's warbler was long assigned to the genus Oporornis. The American Ornithological Society moved it to its present genus Geothlypis in 2011. The IOC made the change in 2012, BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW) in 2016, and the Clements taxonomy by 2018.
However, the further taxonomy of MacGillivray's warbler is unsettled. Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Luis Potosí | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 2 | Mexico City | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 3 | Guadalajara | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 4 | Guatemala City | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 5 | Puebla | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 6 | Phoenix | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Mesa | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | Las Vegas | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | Washington | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 10 | Salt Lake City | 🇺🇸 United States |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a MacGillivray's Warbler sighting in Glacier National Park on a given day, based on 1,262 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 14th most-seen of the 174 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June
In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report a MacGillivray's Warbler in Glacier National Park on a given day, against about 10% in January–February, April and September–November, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most MacGillivray's Warbler sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 36 parks where we can rate MacGillivray's Warbler sightings, Glacier National Park has the highest daily chance: about 40%. Next come Yosemite National Park (United States, about 30%) and Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (United States, about 30%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the MacGillivray's Warbler is recorded against all the birds logged in Glacier National Park (1,262 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.
