New World Warblers in Colombia
Our list for Colombia has 15 new world warblers recorded regularly there: 12 winter visitors and 3 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Colombia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 15, most common first
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaWinter visitorUncommon14–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaWinter visitorUncommon10–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon10–15 cmRegularly Sep–May
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaWinter visitorRare10–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Oct–May
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaWinter visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaWinter visitorRare11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensWinter visitorRare11–12 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Dec
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataPassage migrantRare12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Tennessee Warbler 10–13 cm
- Black-throated Green Warbler 11–12 cm
- Chestnut-sided Warbler 10–14 cm
- Magnolia Warbler 11–13 cm
- Common Yellowthroat 11–13 cm
- American Redstart 11–14 cm
- Mourning Warbler 10–15 cm
- Cape May Warbler 12–14 cm
- Palm Warbler 12–14 cm
- Northern Waterthrush 12–15 cm
- Prothonotary Warbler 13–14 cm
- Ovenbird 12–15 cm
- Yellow-rumped Warbler 12–15 cm
- Bay-breasted Warbler 14–14 cm
- Blackpoll Warbler 13–15 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made

