New World Warblers in Arizona
Our list for Arizona has 18 new world warblers recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 2 summer visitors, 3 winter visitors and 12 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Arizona in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 18, most common first
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–May
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantRare10–13 cmRegularly Oct–Dec
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaWinter visitorRare10–14 cmRegularly Sep–Feb
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorRare11–14 cmRecorded all year
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly Oct
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaPassage migrantRare13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaPassage migrantRare12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensPassage migrantRare11–12 cmRegularly Oct
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaPassage migrantRare14–14 cmRegularly Nov
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Tennessee Warbler 10–13 cm
- Black-throated Green Warbler 11–12 cm
- Common Yellowthroat 11–13 cm
- Nashville Warbler 11–13 cm
- Chestnut-sided Warbler 10–14 cm
- Black-throated Blue Warbler 11–13 cm
- Magnolia Warbler 11–13 cm
- Northern Yellow Warbler 12–13 cm
- Orange-crowned Warbler 11–14 cm
- American Redstart 11–14 cm
- Palm Warbler 12–14 cm
- Cape May Warbler 12–14 cm
- Yellow-rumped Warbler 12–15 cm
- Northern Waterthrush 12–15 cm
- Prothonotary Warbler 13–14 cm
- Ovenbird 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