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Kirtland's warbler

Setophaga kirtlandii (S. F. Baird, 1852)

NTNear Threatenedsongbirds

The kirtland's warbler (Setophaga kirtlandii) is a species in the family Parulidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 13.6 g to 14.2 g and live up to 9 years. Its IUCN Red List status is Near Threatened.

Kirtland's warbler (Setophaga kirtlandii)
Photo: Joel Trick of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarters · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the kirtland's warbler

Weight
13.6 g – 14.2 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
9 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
14.1 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
4.63src for Young per litter or clutch
Age at maturity
12 monthssrc for Age at maturity
Litters or clutches a year
1src for Litters or clutches a year
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Migratorysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Photos of the kirtland's warbler

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Kirtland's warbler (Setophaga kirtlandii)
Dominic Sherony · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where does the kirtland's warbler live?

Not recorded

What is the kirtland's warbler?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

Kirtland's warbler (Setophaga kirtlandii), also known in Michigan by the common name jack pine bird, or the jack pine warbler, is a small songbird of the New World warbler family (Parulidae). Nearly extinct just years ago, populations have recovered due to the conservation efforts of the Kirtland's Warbler Conservation Team and its members. The birds require large areas, greater than 160 acres (65 hectares), of dense young jack pine for breeding habitat. This habitat was historically created by wildfire, but today is created through the harvest of mature jack pine (Pinus banksiana), and planting of jack pine seedlings.

The population of the species spends the spring and summer in its breeding range in the Great Lakes region of Canada (Ontario) and the United States (Wisconsin and Michigan, especially in the northeastern Lower Peninsula), and winters in the West Indies.

From the Wikipedia article “Kirtland's warbler” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kirtland%27s_warbler&oldid=1376223782), 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.

Is the kirtland's warbler endangered?

The kirtland's warbler is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List: it is close to qualifying as threatened.

  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 Near Threatened species. What the categories mean.

How is the kirtland's warbler classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyParulidae
  6. genusSetophaga
  7. SpeciesSetophaga kirtlandii (S. F. Baird, 1852)

Synonyms Dendroica kirtlandii, Sylvicola kirtlandii

Other names and names in other languages (34)
  • Jack pine birdEnglish
  • Jack pine warblerEnglish
  • K-birdEnglish
  • bosquerola de KirtlandCatalan
  • lesňáček šedohřbetýCzech
  • telor KirtlandWelsh
  • KirtlandsangerDanish
  • MichiganwaldsängerGerman
  • miĉigana parulioEsperanto
  • Reinita de KirtlandSpanish
  • michigani säälikEstonian
  • kulokerttuliFinnish
  • Paruline de KirtlandFrench
  • pjegavoleđa sjeničicaCroatian
  • Kirtland-poszátaHungarian
  • Parula di KirtlandItalian
  • カートランドアメリカムシクイJapanese
  • mičiganinis krūminukasLithuanian
  • Kirtlenda ķauķisLatvian
  • Kirtlands ZangerDutch
  • brannfeltparulaNorwegian
  • lasówka szaro-żółtaPolish
  • mariquita-de-kirtlandPortuguese
  • mariquita-de-michiganPortuguese
  • Мичиганская древесницаRussian
  • Мичиганский лесной певунRussian
  • horárik škvrnitýSlovak
  • Kirtlendova cvrkutarkaSerbian
  • kirtlandskogssångareSwedish
  • banksianaskogssångareSwedish
  • Kirtland ÖtleğeniTurkish
  • пісняр-лісовик мічиганськийUkrainian
  • 黑紋背林鶯Chinese
  • 黑纹背林莺Chinese

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Relatives of the kirtland's warbler

Other species in the same genus Setophaga.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the kirtland's warbler?

An adult kirtland's warbler weighs 13.6 g – 14.2 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the kirtland's warbler endangered?

The kirtland's warbler is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is close to qualifying as threatened.

How long does the kirtland's warbler live?

The kirtland's warbler has a recorded lifespan of 9 years.

What kind of animal is the kirtland's warbler?

The kirtland's warbler (Setophaga kirtlandii) belongs to the family Parulidae in the order Passeriformes.

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BibTeX
@misc{kirtlands_warbler_2026,
  title = {Kirtland's warbler (Setophaga kirtlandii)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/kirtlands-warbler},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}