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Seiurus aurocapilla · Family Parulidae

Seiurus aurocapilla

Family Parulidae

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Parulidae
GBIF occurrence records
2,798,227
Countries and territories with records
50
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About this species

This species has 2,798,227 occurrence records from 50 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (77.9%) and Canada (18.2%); together they account for 96.1% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 0.2% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Seiurus aurocapilla combines the genus name Seiurus with the species epithet aurocapilla. It is the only species of the genus Seiurus in the Warbla app catalog.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 117 species of the family Parulidae. This species ranks 10th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Setophaga coronata. Its record count is 4 times the family average (702,186). The family Parulidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.

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