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#Yellow rumped warbler range map series

Surprisingly perhaps, only 5 species are permanently resident on Abaco, ie non-migratory. They fall into three distinct categories. There are 37 warbler species recorded for Abaco. ** I have never even started a Life List, which demonstrates just how lightweight I am as a bird personĬredits: Alex Hughes (1, 4) Bruce Hallett (2, 6) Woody Bracey (3) Tom Sheley (5) Range Map, Cornell Info G, BNTīahama Warbler, Abaco Bahamas (Bruce Hallett) ABACO WARBLERS: THE FIVE PERMANENT RESIDENTS

#Yellow rumped warbler range map series

Here are a few facts in one of a very good series of info-graphics produced by the BAHAMAS NATIONAL TRUST. The info sections of the otherwise comprehensive website for Neotropical Birds are blank and waiting for someone to upload some details. The BAWA has such a confined range that even the extensive reach of the wonderful Cornell Lab of Ornithology has not got as far as this bird. The ornithological powers-that-be then recognised that the two species were distinct in both appearance and in vocalisation, and split them into separate species (this splitting / amalgamating process occurs annually and plays havoc with the precious ‘Life Lists’ kept with such rigour by ardent birders **. Until 2011, the BAWA was classified as a subspecies of the YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER.

One of only 5 permanent year-round resident warblers (33 others are migratory), the other 3 being the OLIVE-CAPPED, YELLOW, and PINE warblers.

One of only 2 endemic warbler species on Abaco (with the BAHAMA YELLOWTHROAT).

One of only 5 bird species endemic to the Bahamas.

The Bahama warbler is a significant species with a near-unique status in the Bahamas: This warbler species is of the most important in the Bahamas for several reasons, any one of which should have prompted me to showcase this lovely bird before now. I was looking at the list of the dozens of Abaco bird species I have featured over the years, when I was struck by the complete omission of one of Abaco’s most significant small birds – the Bahama Warbler Setophaga flavescens.