New World Warblers in Louisiana
Our list for Louisiana has 19 new world warblers recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 1 summer visitor, 3 winter visitors and 14 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Louisiana in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 19, most common first
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaPassage migrantCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaPassage migrantCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantUncommon10–13 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensPassage migrantUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Sep–May
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaPassage migrantUncommon14–14 cmRegularly Oct–May
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaPassage migrantUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–May
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Oct–May
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaPassage migrantRare10–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Tennessee Warbler 10–13 cm
- Black-throated Green Warbler 11–12 cm
- Common Yellowthroat 11–13 cm
- Magnolia Warbler 11–13 cm
- Chestnut-sided Warbler 10–14 cm
- Nashville Warbler 11–13 cm
- Black-throated Blue Warbler 11–13 cm
- Orange-crowned Warbler 11–14 cm
- Northern Yellow Warbler 12–13 cm
- American Redstart 11–14 cm
- Mourning Warbler 10–15 cm
- Palm Warbler 12–14 cm
- Cape May Warbler 12–14 cm
- Yellow-rumped Warbler 12–15 cm
- Prothonotary Warbler 13–14 cm
- Northern Waterthrush 12–15 cm
- Ovenbird 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