Cerulean Warbler — Photo: Original: Mdf, this edit: MPF · CC BY-SA 3.0

New World Warblers

Cerulean Warbler

Setophaga cerulea

NTNear Threatened

Family: New World Warblers (Parulidae)
Order: Passeriformes

Overview

The cerulean warbler (Setophaga cerulea) is a small songbird in the family Parulidae. It is a long-distance migrant, breeding in eastern North American hardwood forests and wintering on the Eastern slope of the Andes in South America during non-breeding season, preferring subtropical forests.
It displays strong sexual dichromatism. Adult males have cerulean blue and white upperparts, with a black necklace across the breast and black streaks on the back and flanks.

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

Where to see it

Destination guides featuring this bird

Point Pelee National Park

Canada Point Pelee National Park The southern tip of mainland Canada: a spring migrant trap on Lake Erie.

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Range and habitat

Breeds eastern North America; winters mountains of Colombia to Venezuela and southward in Andes to western Bolivia.

Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.

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Sources and further reading

Last updated September 29, 2026.