Kirtland's warbler

Kirtland's warbler
Male in Michigan, United States

Vulnerable  (NatureServe)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Parulidae
Genus: Setophaga
Species:
S. kirtlandii
Binomial name
Setophaga kirtlandii
(Baird, 1852)
The minimum range of S. kirtlandii in the early 1970s, as of 2019 the range has expanded considerably
  Breeding range
  Winter range
Synonyms[citation needed]
  • Sylvicola kirtlandii Baird, 1852
  • Dendroica kirtlandii (Baird, 1852)
  • Dendroica kirtlandi (Baird, 1852, lapsus)

Kirtland's warbler (Setophaga kirtlandii), also known in Michigan by the common name jack pine bird,[3][4] or the jack pine warbler, is a small songbird of the New World warbler family (Parulidae). Nearly extinct just years ago, populations have recovered due to the conservation efforts of Phil Huber and the U.S. Forest Service. The birds require large areas, greater than 160 acres (65 hectares), of dense young jack pine for breeding habitat. This habitat was historically created by wildfire, but today is created through the harvest of mature jack pine (Pinus banksiana), and planting of jack pine seedlings.

The population of the species spends the spring and summer in their breeding range in the Great Lakes region of Canada (Ontario) and the United States (Wisconsin and Michigan, especially in the northeastern Lower Peninsula), and winters in the West Indies.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2020). "Setophaga kirtlandii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T22721722A181855135. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22721722A181855135.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  3. ^ Wood, Norman A. (March 1904). "Discovery of the Breeding Area of the Kirtland's Warbler". Bulletin of the Michigan Ornithological Club. 5 (1): 3–13. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  4. ^ Arnold, Edward (October 1904). "Another Nest of Kirtland's Warbler". The Auk. 21 (4): 487–488. doi:10.2307/4070140. JSTOR 4070140. Retrieved 9 March 2020.