Virginia’s Warbler
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New World Warblers

Virginia’s Warbler

Leiothlypis virginiae

LCLeast Concern
Family
New World Warblers (Parulidae)
Order
Passeriformes

Overview

Virginia's warbler (Leiothlypis virginiae) is a species of New World warbler.
Despite what its name may suggest, Virginia's warbler is not actually named after the American State of Virginia, which makes sense as the birds' typical range only reaches as far east as the state of Texas. The bird's common eastern range is central and southern mountains of Colorado, central Wyoming, and central and western New Mexico. The bird was named for Virginia Anderson, the wife of an army surgeon who discovered the bird at Fort Burgwin, New Mexico, in 1858.

Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Range and habitat

Breeds mountains of southwestern USA; winters to southwestern Mexico.

Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.

Sources and further reading

Last updated September 29, 2026.