Cape May Warbler
Setophaga tigrina
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Rare
- Observations
- 12,705
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The Cape May warbler (Setophaga tigrina) is a species of New World warbler. It breeds in northern North America. Its breeding range spans all but the westernmost parts of southern Canada, the Great Lakes region, and New England. It is migratory, wintering in the West Indies. This species is a very rare vagrant to western Europe, with two records in Britain as of October 2013. The English name refers to Cape May, New Jersey, where George Ord collected the specimen that was later described by Alexander Wilson.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Cape May warbler”.