New World Warblers in Alaska
Our list for Alaska has 10 new world warblers recorded regularly there: 7 summer visitors, 2 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Alaska in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 10, most common first
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Oct
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Aug
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Aug
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorRare11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantRare10–13 cmRegularly Jun–Nov
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaScarceRare11–13 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Tennessee Warbler 10–13 cm
- Common Yellowthroat 11–13 cm
- Nashville Warbler 11–13 cm
- Orange-crowned Warbler 11–14 cm
- Northern Yellow Warbler 12–13 cm
- American Redstart 11–14 cm
- Palm Warbler 12–14 cm
- Yellow-rumped Warbler 12–15 cm
- Northern Waterthrush 12–15 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