Warbla · Library
Northern Parula
Setophaga americana · Family Parulidae
Setophaga americana
Family Parulidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Parulidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 3,027,469
- Countries and territories with records
- 51
About this species
This species has 3,027,469 occurrence records from 51 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (85.4%), Canada (10.3%) and Mexico (1.1%); together they account for 96.9% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 0.23% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Setophaga americana combines the genus name Setophaga with the species epithet americana. The Warbla app catalog lists 34 species of the genus Setophaga; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Setophaga coronata, Setophaga petechia and Setophaga ruticilla.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 117 species of the family Parulidae. This species ranks 6th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Setophaga coronata. Its record count is 4.3 times the family average (702,186). The family Parulidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.