Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Bahama Warbler (Setophaga flavescens), recorded as Endangered
Bahama Warbler (Setophaga flavescens). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Bahama Warbler

Setophaga flavescens

Bahama Warbler is a perching bird in the family Parulidae (order Passeriformes) — Setophaga flavescens, recorded as Endangered.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Setophaga flavescens
Taxonomy
Aves · Passeriformes · Parulidae · Setophaga

Appearance

Adult males have a gray forehead and forecrown, jet black lores and ear coverts, a long bright white supercilium with black streaks above it, a bright yellow spot in front of the eye, and a white arc below the eye. Their hindcrown, nape, and upperparts are grayish with a touch of brown. Their wing's lesser coverts are gray with black centers and their median and greater coverts are dusky gray with black centers and wide white tips that show as two wing bars.

The Bahama warbler is 13 to 14 cm (5.1 to 5.5 in) long and weighs about 10 g (0.35 oz).

Range and habitat

The Bahama warbler was originally found on Grand Bahama, Little Abaco, and Great Abaco islands, and recent lists include all three islands. Even so, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Birds of the World account (2025) states that following Hurricane Dorian's landfall the species has not been found on Grand Bahama. It inhabits (or inhabited) the Bahamian pineyards, an ecosystem dominated by Pinus caribaea bahamensis that has a mostly open canopy and limited woody understory.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Diet and breeding

It takes prey by gleaning from pine trees, especially from bark crevices and also the bark surface, twigs, and needles. Even so, nothing else is known about the species' breeding biology.

In crisis

Bahama Warbler is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Bahama Warbler, Wikidata item Q4842323. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Quick answers

What is Bahama Warbler?
Bahama Warbler is a perching bird in the family Parulidae (order Passeriformes) — Setophaga flavescens.
What is the conservation status of Bahama Warbler?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Setophaga flavescens. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Bahama Warbler live?
The Bahama warbler was originally found on Grand Bahama, Little Abaco, and Great Abaco islands, and recent lists include all three islands.
Why is Bahama Warbler in crisis?
It is Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Setophaga flavescens?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Bahama Warbler a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.