Fauna Flora Photography

American Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia

A small bird breeding in the Montreal area migrating South to Central America and North of South-America in Autumn. The American Yellow Warbler prefered habitat is vegetation along rivers. Eats mostly insects.

Taxonomy

Aves > Passeriformes > Parulidae

Names in different Languages

GermanGold-Waldsänger
EnglishAmerican Yellow Warbler
FrenchParuline jaune
SpanishReinita amarilla

How to Identify

All yellow with olive wings. Males have red stripes along the breast.

Where When to Spot

I see them from May to August in all parks around Montreal. Usually up in the upper branches of leaf trees.

SpringSummerFallWinter
Jardin Botanique de Montréal 2 0 0 0
Parc Angrignon 3 1 0 0
Parc Bernard-Landry 1 0 0 0
Parc Nature Pointe aux Prairies 2 0 0 0
Parc de la Cité 0 1 0 0
Parc de la Frayère 2 1 0 0
Parc Île-de-la-Visitation 1 0 0 0
  11 3 0 0

Number of times a species has been observed, identified, and recorded. A species is reported only once per visit to a park.

Photos of American Yellow Warbler

Last updated on 2023-01-15. Written and regularly updated by Karl-Heinz Müller, Dipl. Natw. ETH, Biology. With 10 years of experience in wildlife photography, Karl-Heinz shares first-hand, on-site collected observations, photos and videos from his frequent visits to parks in the Montreal area.