Virginia's Warbler
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Virginia's Warbler

Leiothlypis virginiae

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
<5% · Rare
overall probability at Rocky Mountain National Park
162 Verified records at Rocky Mountain National Park
June Best month highest sighting rate
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

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 Rocky Mountain National Park, based on 162 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Rocky Mountain National Park

Orange-crowned Warbler
LC

Orange-crowned Warbler

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Leiothlypis celata

<5% · Rare
Nashville Warbler
LC

Nashville Warbler

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Leiothlypis ruficapilla

<5% · Rare
Tennessee Warbler
LC

Tennessee Warbler

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Leiothlypis peregrina

<5% · Rare
Yellow-rumped Warbler
LC

Yellow-rumped Warbler

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Setophaga coronata

40–50% · Likely
Wilson's Warbler
LC

Wilson's Warbler

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Cardellina pusilla

10–20% · With luck
Audubon's Warbler

Audubon's Warbler

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Setophaga auduboni

10–20% · With luck
MacGillivray's Warbler
LC

MacGillivray's Warbler

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Geothlypis tolmiei

5–10% · With luck
Yellow Warbler
LC Endemic

Yellow Warbler

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Setophaga petechia

5–10% · With luck
Northern Yellow Warbler

Northern Yellow Warbler

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Setophaga aestiva

5–10% · With luck
Canada Warbler
LC

Canada Warbler

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Cardellina canadensis

Insufficient data
Common Yellowthroat
LC

Common Yellowthroat

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Geothlypis trichas

<5% · Rare
Townsend's Warbler
LC

Townsend's Warbler

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Setophaga townsendi

<5% · Rare

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
<5
Feb
<5
Mar
<5
Apr
<5
May
5–10
Jun
<5
Jul
<5
Aug
<5
Sep
<5
Oct
<5
Nov
<5
Dec

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

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
20–30%
2 Grand Canyon National Park 🇺🇸 United States
10–20%
3 Guadalupe Mountains National Park 🇺🇸 United States
5–10%
4 Big Bend National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
5 Rocky Mountain National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
6 Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
7 Channel Islands National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
8 Joshua Tree National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
9 Cumbres de Monterrey National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
Insufficient data
10 Death Valley National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
11 Grand Teton National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Virginia's Warbler in Rocky Mountain National Park?

About 2% of wildlife watchers report a Virginia's Warbler sighting in Rocky Mountain National Park, based on 162 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Virginia's Warbler in Rocky Mountain National Park?

June has the highest sighting rate for Virginia's Warbler in Rocky Mountain National Park in our monthly data.

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