Palm Warbler

Setophaga palmarum

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestCup nestTiny · 10 g

What the Palm Warbler sounds like

Sonogram of the Palm Warbler: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Doug Hynes · Song · Wolfes Island, Nova Scotia, Canada · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Palm Warbler: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Jonathon Jongsma · Flight call · Bancroft Neighborhood, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

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Measurements: Length: 12–14 cm (4.7–5.5 in) Wingspan: 20–21 cm (7.9–8.3 in) Weight: 8.5–14.2 g (0.30–0.50 oz)

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When to see the Palm Warbler

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is May, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Palm Warbler

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 26 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Peru.

About the Palm Warbler

The palm warbler is a small songbird in the New World warbler family.

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Easily confused with

Side by side: American Redstart vs Palm Warbler · Northern Parula vs Palm Warbler · Palm Warbler vs Pine Warbler · Ovenbird vs Palm Warbler · Black-throated Green Warbler vs Palm Warbler

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