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title: "Crescent-chested Warbler"
description: "Oreothlypis superciliosa — Birds. The crescent-chested warbler (Oreothlypis superciliosa) is a small New World warbler."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/crescent-chested-warbler
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Crescent-chested Warbler

> Oreothlypis superciliosa — Birds. The crescent-chested warbler (Oreothlypis superciliosa) is a small New World warbler.

- Scientific name: *Oreothlypis superciliosa*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `mountains` (Mountains)
- iNaturalist observations: 1700
- Wikidata: [Q27075886](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27075886)
- iNaturalist taxon: [145215](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/145215)

## Names

- en: Crescent-chested Warbler
- de: Schmuckwaldsänger
- es: Chipe Cejas Blancas
- fr: Paruline à croissant
- it: Parula semilunare
- nl: Ornaatzanger
- pt: Mariquita-de-peito-castanho
- pl: Lasówka białobrewa

## Countries with the most observations

MX (1509), GT (43), US (30), HN (29), SV (17)

## Summary

The crescent-chested warbler (Oreothlypis superciliosa) is a small New World warbler. It is common throughout its montane range, from northern Mexico to northern Nicaragua, and is an occasional vagrant to Arizona and Texas. It shows an affinity for oaks.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crescent-chested_warbler

## Photo

![Crescent-chested Warbler](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/crescent-chested-warbler/medium.jpg)

Photo: Don Wellmann · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/164026803

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/crescent-chested-warbler?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).