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American Redstart
Setophaga ruticilla · Family Parulidae
Setophaga ruticilla
Family Parulidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Parulidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 4,114,683
- Countries and territories with records
- 61
About this species
This species has 4,114,683 occurrence records from 61 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (71.2%), Canada (20.1%), Mexico (1.6%) and Belize (1.6%); together they account for 94.6% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 0.26% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Setophaga ruticilla combines the genus name Setophaga with the species epithet ruticilla. 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 americana.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 117 species of the family Parulidae. This species ranks 4th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Setophaga coronata. Its record count is 5.9 times the family average (702,186). The family Parulidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.