---
title: "Northern Yellow Warbler"
description: "Setophaga aestiva — Birds. The American yellow warbler (Setophaga aestiva), also known as the northern yellow warbler, is a New World warbler."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/northern-yellow-warbler
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Northern Yellow Warbler

> Setophaga aestiva — Birds. The American yellow warbler (Setophaga aestiva), also known as the northern yellow warbler, is a New World warbler.

- Scientific name: *Setophaga aestiva*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest)
- iNaturalist observations: 85786
- Wikidata: [Q12267348](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12267348)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1188207](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1188207)

## Names

- en: Northern Yellow Warbler
- de: Goldwaldsänger
- es: Chipe Amarillo Norteño
- fr: Paruline jaune
- nl: Gele zanger
- pl: Lasówka zbroczona

## Countries with the most observations

US (47103), CA (22776), MX (4175), CO (776), CR (675), SV (365), HN (334), NI (275), PA (261), GT (112), BZ (64), VE (64)

## Summary

The American yellow warbler (Setophaga aestiva), also known as the northern yellow warbler, is a New World warbler. It is a widespread migratory species in the diverse genus Setophaga, that breeds in most parts of North America. It was formerly considered to be conspecific with the non-migratory mangrove warbler (Setophaga petechia).

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

## Photo

![Northern Yellow Warbler](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/northern-yellow-warbler/medium.jpg)

Photo: Mirko Schoenitz · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/13202356

## Machine access

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