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Hooded warbler

Setophaga citrina (Boddaert, 1783)

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The hooded warbler (Setophaga citrina) is a species in the family Parulidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 10.3 g to 10.8 g and live up to 8 years. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Hooded warbler (Setophaga citrina)
Photo: The Lilac Breasted Roller from Sullivan's Island, United States · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the hooded warbler

Weight
10.3 g – 10.8 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
8 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Longest recorded lifespan
8.2 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
12 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
3.6src for Young per litter or clutch
Age at maturity
10.5 months – 11.9 monthssrc for Age at maturity
Litters or clutches a year
2src for Litters or clutches a year
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Migratorysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the hooded warbler live?

Not recorded

What is the hooded warbler?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The hooded warbler (Setophaga citrina) is a New World warbler. It breeds in eastern North America across the eastern United States and into southernmost Canada (Ontario). It is migratory, wintering in Central America and the West Indies. Hooded warblers are very rare vagrants to western Europe.

Recent genetic research has suggested that the type species of Wilsonia (hooded warbler W. citrina) and of Setophaga (American redstart S. ruticilla) are closely related and should be merged into the same genus. As the name Setophaga (published in 1827) takes priority over Wilsonia (published in 1838), hooded warbler would then be transferred as Setophaga citrina. This change has been accepted by the North American Classification Committee of the American Ornithologists' Union, and the IOC World Bird List. The South American Classification Committee continues to list the bird in the genus Wilsonia.

From the Wikipedia article “Hooded warbler” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hooded_warbler&oldid=1380684775), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

What does the hooded warbler sound like?

Philip Vanbergen · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Is the hooded warbler endangered?

The hooded warbler is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

How is the hooded warbler classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyParulidae
  6. genusSetophaga
  7. SpeciesSetophaga citrina (Boddaert, 1783)

Synonyms Muscicapa citrina, Muscicapa cucullata, Muscicapa selbii, Muscicapa selbyii, Sylvania mitrata, Sylvia mitrata, Wilsonia citrina, Wilsonia mitrata, Wilsonia nitrata

Other names and names in other languages (46)
  • Selby's flycatcherEnglish
  • هازجة ذات قلنسوةArabic
  • bosquerola encaputxadaCatalan
  • lesňáček kápovýCzech
  • Telor cycyllogWelsh
  • HættesangerDanish
  • KapuzenwaldsängerGerman
  • KapuĉparulioEsperanto
  • kapuĉa parulioEsperanto
  • Chipe encapuchadoSpanish
  • Cigüita Gorra NegraSpanish
  • Reinita encapuchadaSpanish
  • karbussäälikEstonian
  • سسک روپوشدارPersian
  • huppukerttuliFinnish
  • Paruline à capuchonFrench
  • Ceolaire cochallachIrish
  • Kiaulleyder bayrnaghScottish Gaelic
  • crnovrata sjeničicaCroatian
  • csuklyás lombjáróHungarian
  • HettuskríkjaIcelandic
  • parula monacaItalian
  • Parula dal cappuccioItalian
  • クロズキンアメリカムシクイJapanese
  • geltonoji vilsonijaLithuanian
  • kapuces ķauķisLatvian
  • Tsídiiłtsooí bitsiiyah halzhinígííNavajo
  • MonnikszangerDutch
  • hetteparulaNorwegian
  • Chipe Belo PretuPapiamento
  • Chipe Velo PretoPapiamento
  • Wilsonka żółtolicaPolish
  • lasówka żółtoczelnaPolish
  • mariquita-de-capuzPortuguese
  • Капюшонная вильсонияRussian
  • Капюшоновая древесницаRussian
  • Капюшонный лесной певунRussian
  • LuhkkacizotNorthern Sami
  • horárik kuklatýSlovak
  • črnoglavi frfotavčekSlovenian
  • Žutolika cvrkutarkaSerbian
  • kapuschongskogssångareSwedish
  • Sarı Yüzlü ÖtleğenTurkish
  • болотянка чорногорлаUkrainian
  • 黑枕威森莺Chinese
  • 黑枕威森鶯Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistTAXREFWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the hooded warbler

Other species in the same genus Setophaga.

CompareHooded warbler vs Mangrove warblerHooded warbler vs Yellow-rumped warblerHooded warbler vs American redstartHooded warbler vs Blackpoll warbler

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the hooded warbler?

An adult hooded warbler weighs 10.3 g – 10.8 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the hooded warbler endangered?

The hooded warbler is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

How long does the hooded warbler live?

The hooded warbler has a recorded lifespan of 8 years.

What kind of animal is the hooded warbler?

The hooded warbler (Setophaga citrina) belongs to the family Parulidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Hooded warbler (Setophaga citrina). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/hooded-warbler

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BibTeX
@misc{hooded_warbler_2026,
  title = {Hooded warbler (Setophaga citrina)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/hooded-warbler},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}