New World Warblers in Washington
Our list for Washington has 13 new world warblers recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 5 summer visitors, 1 winter visitor, 4 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Washington in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 13, most common first
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisResidentRare12–15 cmRegularly May–Feb
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaPassage migrantRare10–14 cmRegularly Jun–Sep
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantRare10–13 cmRegularly Sep
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly Sep
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly Dec
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataScarceRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Tennessee Warbler 10–13 cm
- Common Yellowthroat 11–13 cm
- Nashville Warbler 11–13 cm
- Chestnut-sided Warbler 10–14 cm
- Magnolia Warbler 11–13 cm
- Black-throated Blue 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
- 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