New World Warblers in Jamaica
Our list for Jamaica has 15 new world warblers recorded regularly there: 10 winter visitors, 4 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Jamaica in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 15, most common first
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–May
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–May
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaPassage migrantUncommon14–14 cmRegularly Oct
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaScarceRare10–14 cm
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantRare10–13 cmRegularly Mar
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Black-throated Green Warbler 11–12 cm
- Tennessee Warbler 10–13 cm
- Black-throated Blue Warbler 11–13 cm
- Common Yellowthroat 11–13 cm
- Magnolia Warbler 11–13 cm
- Chestnut-sided Warbler 10–14 cm
- American Redstart 11–14 cm
- Cape May Warbler 12–14 cm
- Palm Warbler 12–14 cm
- Ovenbird 12–15 cm
- Northern Waterthrush 12–15 cm
- Yellow-rumped Warbler 12–15 cm
- Prothonotary Warbler 13–14 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