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Chestnut-sided Warbler
Setophaga pensylvanica · Family Parulidae
Setophaga pensylvanica
Family Parulidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Parulidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 1,954,187
- Countries and territories with records
- 38

About this species
This species has 1,954,187 occurrence records from 38 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (65%), Canada (22%), Costa Rica (8.9%) and Panama (1.2%); together they account for 97.2% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 0.11% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Setophaga pensylvanica combines the genus name Setophaga with the species epithet pensylvanica. 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 14th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Setophaga coronata. Its record count is 2.8 times the family average (702,186). The family Parulidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.