New World Warblers in Texas
Our list for Texas has 19 new world warblers recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 1 summer visitor, 6 winter visitors and 11 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Texas 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–May
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaPassage migrantCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaPassage migrantUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantUncommon10–13 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Aug–May
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaPassage migrantUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaPassage migrantUncommon14–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaPassage migrantUncommon10–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–May
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensWinter visitorRare11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May
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
- Magnolia Warbler 11–13 cm
- Chestnut-sided Warbler 10–14 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
- Cape May Warbler 12–14 cm
- Palm Warbler 12–14 cm
- Yellow-rumped Warbler 12–15 cm
- Northern Waterthrush 12–15 cm
- Prothonotary Warbler 13–14 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