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Yellow-throated warbler

Setophaga dominica (Linnaeus, 1766)

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The yellow-throated warbler (Setophaga dominica) is a species in the family Parulidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 9.5 g to 9.9 g and live up to 5.1 years. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Yellow-throated warbler (Setophaga dominica)
Photo: dominic sherony · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the yellow-throated warbler

Weight
9.5 g – 9.9 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
5.1 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Longest recorded lifespan
6.08 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
12.3 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
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 yellow-throated warbler live?

Not recorded

What is the yellow-throated warbler?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The yellow-throated warbler (Setophaga dominica) is a small migratory songbird species in the New World warbler family (Parulidae) found in temperate North America.

From the Wikipedia article “Yellow-throated warbler” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yellow-throated_warbler&oldid=1354821668), 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 yellow-throated warbler sound like?

G. McGrane · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Is the yellow-throated warbler endangered?

The yellow-throated 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 yellow-throated warbler classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyParulidae
  6. genusSetophaga
  7. SpeciesSetophaga dominica (Linnaeus, 1766)

Synonyms Dendroica dominica, Motacilla dominica, Sylvia flavicollis, Sylvia pensilis, Sylvia pensilis

Other names and names in other languages (39)
  • Sycamore warblerEnglish
  • Yellow-throat warblerEnglish
  • lesňáček zlatohrdlýCzech
  • telor gyddf-felynWelsh
  • Gulstrubet SangerDanish
  • GoldkehlwaldsängerGerman
  • Goldkehl-WaldsängerGerman
  • Κιτρινόλαιμη ΠάρουλαGreek
  • orgorĝa parulioEsperanto
  • Flavgorĝa parulioEsperanto
  • Reinita gorjiamarillaSpanish
  • Chipe garganta amarillaSpanish
  • Cigüita Garganta AmarillaSpanish
  • Reinita gargantiamarillaSpanish
  • kuldkurk-säälikEstonian
  • keltarintakerttuliFinnish
  • Paruline à gorge jauneFrench
  • Ceolaire píb-bhuíIrish
  • סבכון צהוב-גרוןHebrew
  • dugokljuna sjeničicaCroatian
  • Sárgatorkú lombjáróHungarian
  • Dendroica golagiallaItalian
  • キノドアメリカムシクイJapanese
  • geltongurklis krūminukasLithuanian
  • dzeltenrīkles ķauķisLatvian
  • Tsinlátah yádíłtihii bizééʼ łitsooígííNavajo
  • GeelkeelzangerDutch
  • gulstrupeparulaNorwegian
  • lasówka szarogrzbietaPolish
  • mariquita-de-garganta-amarelaPortuguese
  • Желтогорлая древесницаRussian
  • Желтогорлый лесной певунRussian
  • horárik sivochrbtýSlovak
  • Žutogruda cvrkutarkaSerbian
  • gulstrupig skogssångareSwedish
  • Sarı Gerdanlı ÖtleğenTurkish
  • пісняр-лісовик чорнощокийUkrainian
  • 黃喉林鶯Chinese
  • 黄喉林莺Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistTAXREFWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the yellow-throated 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 yellow-throated warbler?

An adult yellow-throated warbler weighs 9.5 g – 9.9 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the yellow-throated warbler endangered?

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

How long does the yellow-throated warbler live?

The yellow-throated warbler has a recorded lifespan of 5.1 years.

What kind of animal is the yellow-throated warbler?

The yellow-throated warbler (Setophaga dominica) belongs to the family Parulidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Yellow-throated warbler (Setophaga dominica). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/yellow-throated-warbler

MLA

“Yellow-throated warbler (Setophaga dominica).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/yellow-throated-warbler.

BibTeX
@misc{yellow_throated_warbler_2026,
  title = {Yellow-throated warbler (Setophaga dominica)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/yellow-throated-warbler},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}