Yellow warbler

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Yellow warbler
Male in breeding plumage, Canada
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Parulidae
Genus:	Setophaga
Species:	S. petechia
Binomial name
Setophaga petechia (Linnaeus, 1766)
Subspecies
About 35 (but see text)
Distribution of the yellow warbler   Breeding range   Year-round range   Wintering range
Synonyms
Dendroica petechia Dendroica aestiva Motacilla petechia (protonym)

The yellow warbler (Setophaga petechia) is a New World warbler species. Yellow warblers are the most widespread species in the diverse genus Setophaga, breeding in almost the whole of North America, the Caribbean, as well as northern South America.