Nashville Warbler
Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyParulidae (Parúlids)
- GenusLeiothlypis (Leiothlypis Warblers)
- SpeciesLeiothlypis ruficapilla (Nashville Warbler)
The Nashville warbler (Leiothlypis ruficapilla) is a small songbird in the New World warbler family, found in North and Central America. It breeds in parts of the northern and western United States and southern Canada, and migrates to winter in southern California and Texas, Mexico, and the north of Central America. It has a gray head and a green back, and its underparts are yellow and white. Wikipedia →
<5% of wildlife watchers report a Nashville Warbler sighting in Rocky Mountain National Park, based on 19 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Rocky Mountain National Park
Orange-crowned Warbler
Leiothlypis celata
Virginia's Warbler
Leiothlypis virginiae
Tennessee Warbler
Leiothlypis peregrina
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Setophaga coronata
Wilson's Warbler
Cardellina pusilla
Audubon's Warbler
Setophaga auduboni
MacGillivray's Warbler
Geothlypis tolmiei
Yellow Warbler
Setophaga petechia
Northern Yellow Warbler
Setophaga aestiva
Canada Warbler
Cardellina canadensis
Common Yellowthroat
Geothlypis trichas
Townsend's Warbler
Setophaga townsendi
📅 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
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Nashville Warbler in Rocky Mountain National Park?
About 0% of wildlife watchers report a Nashville Warbler sighting in Rocky Mountain National Park, based on 19 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Nashville Warbler in Rocky Mountain National Park?
October has the highest sighting rate for Nashville Warbler in Rocky Mountain National Park in our monthly data.