Nashville Warbler
(Oreothlypis ruficapilla)

Overview

Summary

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The Nashville Warbler is a widespread species, occurring across much of southern Canada. The Breeding Bird Survey indicates that the national population has experienced a moderate increase since 1970. With more than 80% of the global breeding population, Canada has a very high responsibility for this species. This species has been identified as a priority for conservation and/or stewardship in one or more Bird Conservation Region Strategies in Canada.

Designations

Population status

Population estimate

Distribution maps

• BirdLife International / NatureServe
• Breeding Bird Survey (BBS): Relative Abundance and Breeding Distribution (1993-2012)

Migration strategy, occurrence

Responsibility for conservation of world population

Conservation and management

Currently, there appears to be little cause for conservation concern for this species, which adapts readily to second-growth and cut-over areas. As a breeding bird of second growth forest, habitat availability is unlikely to be a limiting factor in the near future (Lowther and Williams 2011). As cut-over and second-growth areas become more widespread, breeding opportunities for this species increase. However, future maturation of cut-over areas will result in decreased habitat for Nashville Warbler (Lowther and Williams 2011).

Bird conservation region strategies

Environment and Climate Change Canada and partners have developed Bird Conservation Region Strategies in each of Canada’s Bird Conservation Regions (BCRs). In these strategies, selected species are identified as priorities for one or more of the following reasons:

• conservation concerns (i.e., species vulnerable due to population size, distribution, population trend, abundance, or threats)
• stewardship responsibilities (i.e., species that typify the regional avifauna or have a large proportion of their range or population in the sub-region)
• management concerns (i.e., species that require ongoing management because of their socio-economic importance as game species, or because of their impacts on other species or habitats)
• other concerns (i.e., species deemed a priority by regional experts for other reasons than those listed above or because they are listed as species at risk or concern at the provincial level)

Select any of the sub-regions below to view the BCR strategy for additional details.

References

• Lowther, P.E. and J.McI. Williams. 2011. Nashville Warbler (Oreothlypis ruficapilla), The Birds of North America Online (A. Poole, Ed.). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Lowther, P.E. and J.McI. Williams. 2011. Nashville Warbler (Oreothlypis ruficapilla), The Birds of North America Online (A. Poole, Ed.). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. (Link)