Virginia's Warbler
Leiothlypis virginiae
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyParulidae (Parúlids)
- GenusLeiothlypis (Leiothlypis Warblers)
- SpeciesLeiothlypis virginiae (Virginia's Warbler)
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. When Spencer Fullerton Baird of the Smithsonian Institution fully described the bird for science in 1860 he honored the wishes of the warbler's discoverer and designated Virginia to be both the bird's common and scientific name. Wikipedia →
<5% of wildlife watchers report a Virginia's Warbler sighting in Big Bend National Park, based on 142 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Big Bend National Park
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Leiothlypis crissalis
Orange-crowned Warbler
Leiothlypis celata
Nashville Warbler
Leiothlypis ruficapilla
Lucy's Warbler
Leiothlypis luciae
Tennessee Warbler
Leiothlypis peregrina
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Setophaga coronata
Wilson's Warbler
Cardellina pusilla
Audubon's Warbler
Setophaga auduboni
Yellow-breasted Chat
Icteria virens
Common Yellowthroat
Geothlypis trichas
Townsend's Warbler
Setophaga townsendi
Yellow Warbler
Setophaga petechia
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zion National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Grand Canyon National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Guadalupe Mountains National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Big Bend National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Rocky Mountain National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Channel Islands National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | Joshua Tree National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | Cumbres de Monterrey National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 10 | Death Valley National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 11 | Grand Teton National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Virginia's Warbler in Big Bend National Park?
About 3% of wildlife watchers report a Virginia's Warbler sighting in Big Bend National Park, based on 142 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Virginia's Warbler in Big Bend National Park?
August has the highest sighting rate for Virginia's Warbler in Big Bend National Park in our monthly data.