Order: Passeriformes | Family: Parulidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. Tumbes, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Female | Loc. Tumbes, Peru
Age: Adults (migratory) | Sex: Male | Female | Loc. North America
Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. Tumbes, Peru
Status: The Yellow Warbler is a fairly common resident in mangrove woodlands is in northwest Peru in Tumbes. The sub-species, amnicola and aestiva are rare Boreal migrants in extreme northeast Amazonia during the months of September through April. The Yellow Warbler also occurs in Co, Ec, Br, and Bo.
Name in Spanish: Reinita Amarilla.
Sub-species: Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia amnicola), Batchelder, 1918. Breeds across C Canada (NW British Columbia E to Newfoundland and New Brunswick).
(S. p. aestiva), (J. F. Gmelin), 1789. Breeds E of Rockies in S Canada (S Alberta E to Nova Scotia) and S in USA to Oklahoma and North Carolina.
(S. p peruviana), (Sundevall), 1870. Pacific coast from SW Colombia (Nariño) S to NW Peru.
Meaning of Name: Setophaga: Gr. ses, setos= moth and phagos, phagein= eating, to eat. petechia: Italian, petecchia= small red spot on the skin.

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- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 03/01/2016.