New World Warblers in Puerto Rico
Our list for Puerto Rico 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 Puerto Rico in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 15, most common first
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Nov
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaWinter visitorRare10–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantRare10–13 cmRegularly Oct
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaPassage migrantRare14–14 cmRegularly Oct
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
- Northern Waterthrush 12–15 cm
- Ovenbird 12–15 cm
- Prothonotary Warbler 13–14 cm
- Yellow-rumped Warbler 12–15 cm
- Blackpoll Warbler 13–15 cm
- Bay-breasted Warbler 14–14 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