Minnesota Seasons - Cerulean Warbler

Conservation • Description • Habitat • Ecology • Distribution • Taxonomy

Conservation Status

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IUCN Red List

NT - Near Threatened

NatureServe

N4B - Apparently Secure Breeding

S3B - Vulnerable Breeding

Minnesota

Special Concern

Species in Greatest Conservation Need

Description

Size

Total length: 4½″ to 5″

Wingspan: 7″

Voice

The song is a rapid, accellerating sequence of short, buzzy notes, ending with a long, higher pitch, buzzy trill.

Similar Species

Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens) has a black face and throat, and no white wingbars.

Habitat

Large unfragmented areas of mature deciduous forests with a closed or almost closed canopy

Ecology

Migration

Nesting

Food

Insects gleaned from the canopy

Distribution

Occurrence

Rare to uncommon migrant and breeder

Maps

The Minnesota Ornithologists’ Union All Seasons Species Occurrence Map

Taxonomy

Class

Aves (birds)

Order

Passeriformes (perching birds)

Family

Parulidae (New World warblers)

Genus

Setophaga (Setophaga warblers)

Genus
In 2011 all of the wood warblers were reclassified resulting in new genus names for almost all of them. The genus Dendroica, with 29 members, was merged with the genus Setophaga, with just 3 members. All of the former Dendroica species have been renamed to Setophaga. Cerulean Warbler, formerly Dendroica cerulea, is now Setophaga cerulea.