Crescent-chested Warbler

The Crescent-chested warbler is similar to both the Northern Parula and the Tropical Parula, with yellow underparts, a gray head, and greenish back. Its definitive characteristic is a chestnut crescent on its breast, less prominent in the aforementioned species. Juvenile males look similar to the duller adult females, while juvenile females may lack the chestnut crescent.

The Crescent-chested Warbler is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

The beautiful Crescent-chested Warbler, usually placed in the genus Parula with the Northern and Tropical Parulas but sometimes in Vermivora with eg Orange-crowned and Virgnia’s Warblers, is a resident of montane oak-pine and mixed softwood forests of northern Mexico to Nicaragua. Some seasonal migration to lower elevations within mountain ranges has been documented and there are a small number of vagrants recorded from southeastern Arizona and in the lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas. More

The beautiful Crescent-chested Warbler, usually placed in the genus Parula with the Northern and Tropical Parulas but sometimes in Vermivora with eg Orange-crowned and Virgnia’s Warblers, is a resident of montane oak-pine and mixed softwood forests of northern Mexico to Nicaragua. More

Crescent-chested Warbler is accidental-to-casual in the ABA area. Its "normal" range reaches from northern Nicaragua to southeastern Sonora. The species was first found and photographed north of Mexico in Garden Canyon, Fort Huachuca, AZ in 1983. The next year, a male was photographed in Ramsey Canyon. Eight years passed before the next record, a Crescent-chested Warbler that spent two winters (92-93 & 93-94) in Patagonia. The next two accepted records come from Madera Canyon, in 2001 and 2003. More

The rarest bird, a Crescent-chested Warbler has been seen as recently as January 12, in Madera Canyon. Although Slaty-backed Gulls are almost ho-hum in many coastal areas, Yellow-legged Gull, is not. A January visit to Quidi Vidi Lake, near St. John's, Newfoundland, is often a great spot to view both species. A rarity, no birder was able to see, was a Baikal Teal, harvested during the migratory waterfowl season in Lane County, Oregon, on the last day of 2007. More

genus, but a good look from beneath a Crescent-chested Warbler shows how similar in appearance it is to the two better known parulas. Crescent-chested's finely tipped bills are more a characteristic of the Vermivora warblers, where it once was placed. In fact, the songs of Crescent-chesteds are buzzy like both Vermivoras and Parulas, but it does not ascend up the scale like Tropical and Northern Parula songs. Crescent-chested Warblers' nests are placed on the ground like Vermivoras, but unlike tree-nesting parulas. More

The Crescent-chested Warbler (Parula superciliosa) is a small New World Warbler. It is generally uncommon in its native range of central Mexico, and accidental elsewhere. The Crescent-chested warbler is similar to both the Northern Parula and the Tropical Parula, with yellow underparts, a gray head, and greenish back. Its definitive characteristic is a chestnut crescent on its breast, less prominent in the aforementioned species. Juvenile males look similar to the duller adult females, while juvenile females may lack the chestnut crescent. More

The Crescent-chested Warbler has a large range, estimated globally at 400,000 square kilometers. It is native to Mexico, United States, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador and prefers moist subtropical and tropical forest ecosystems. The global population of this bird is not exactly known, but because the population is described as frequent it does not appear to meet population decline criteria that would necessitate inclusion on the IUCN Red List. More

Here are reference chip notes of Crescent-chested Warbler recorded in Oaxaca. Recordings by Chris D. Benesh. More

The adult male Crescent-chested Warbler has a wide white eye stripe on a blue-gray head. The tail and wings are blue-gray and the back is yellow-green, the breast and throat are bright yellow with a rufous-brown spot or crescent on the upper breast. Crescent-chested Warbler . Bird database and its related content, illustrations and media is Copyright © 2002 - 2007 Whatbird.com All rights reserved. No part of this web site may be reproduced without written permission from Mitch Waite Group. Privacy Policy. More