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Prairie warbler

Setophaga discolor (Vieillot, 1809)

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The prairie warbler (Setophaga discolor) is a species in the family Parulidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 7.5 g to 8 g and live up to 10.3 years. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Prairie warbler (Setophaga discolor)
Photo: Wolfgang Wander · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the prairie warbler

Weight
7.5 g – 8 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
10.3 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Longest recorded lifespan
10.3 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
shrublandsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
12 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
4src for Young per litter or clutch
Age at maturity
12 monthssrc for Age at maturity
Litters or clutches a year
1.5src 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

Photos of the prairie warbler

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Prairie warbler (Setophaga discolor)
Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where does the prairie warbler live?

Not recorded

What is the prairie warbler?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The prairie warbler (Setophaga discolor) is a small songbird of the New World warbler family.

From the Wikipedia article “Prairie warbler” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prairie_warbler&oldid=1384675586), 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 prairie warbler sound like?

Peter Wilton · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Is the prairie warbler endangered?

The prairie 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. What the categories mean.

How is the prairie warbler classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyParulidae
  6. genusSetophaga
  7. SpeciesSetophaga discolor (Vieillot, 1809)

Synonyms Dendroica discolor, Sylvia discolor, Sylvia minuta

Other names and names in other languages (40)
  • bosquerola de les praderiesCatalan
  • lesňáček pokřovníCzech
  • telor y paithWelsh
  • PræriesangerDanish
  • Rotmantel-WaldsängerGerman
  • Rostscheitel-WaldsängerGerman
  • RostscheitelwaldsängerGerman
  • preria parulioEsperanto
  • Reinita galanaSpanish
  • Chipe de praderaSpanish
  • Cigüita de los PradosSpanish
  • põõsasäälikEstonian
  • pensaskerttuliFinnish
  • Paruline des présFrench
  • Ti Tchit zèl jònHaitian Creole
  • סבכון ערבותHebrew
  • prerijska sjeničicaCroatian
  • parula di prateriaItalian
  • Dendroica della prateriaItalian
  • チャスジアメリカムシクイJapanese
  • chasujiamerikamushikuiJapanese
  • prerinis krūminukasLithuanian
  • prēriju ķauķisLatvian
  • Halgaiidę́ę́ʼ tsídiiłtsooíNavajo
  • PrairiezangerDutch
  • buskparulaNorwegian
  • Chipe PraderaPapiamento
  • lasówka czarnowąsaPolish
  • mariquita-das-pradariasPortuguese
  • Прерийная древесницаRussian
  • Прерийный лесной певунRussian
  • horárik prériovýSlovak
  • Prerijska cvrkutarkaSerbian
  • snårskogssångareSwedish
  • PrärieskogssångareSwedish
  • Preri ÖtleğeniTurkish
  • пісняр-лісовик прерієвийUkrainian
  • 草原林莺Chinese
  • 草原绿林莺Chinese
  • 高草原林鶯Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistTAXREFWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the prairie 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 prairie warbler?

An adult prairie warbler weighs 7.5 g – 8 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the prairie warbler endangered?

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

How long does the prairie warbler live?

The prairie warbler has a recorded lifespan of 10.3 years.

What kind of animal is the prairie warbler?

The prairie warbler (Setophaga discolor) belongs to the family Parulidae in the order Passeriformes.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Prairie warbler (Setophaga discolor). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/prairie-warbler

MLA

“Prairie warbler (Setophaga discolor).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/prairie-warbler.

BibTeX
@misc{prairie_warbler_2026,
  title = {Prairie warbler (Setophaga discolor)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/prairie-warbler},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}