Mangrove Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia)

Mangrove Yellow Warbler, a reference photo — Photo: Paul Asman and Jill Lenoble · CC BY 2.0 (licence)

The mangrove warbler or mangrove yellow warbler (Setophaga petechia) is a New World warbler species. It a small bright yellow bird that is found in mangroves on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the tropical Americas. It is also present in the Caribbean and on the Galápagos Islands. It was formerly considered to be conspecific with the migratory American yellow warbler (Setophaga aestiva).

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Mangrove Yellow Warbler being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Setophaga aestiva

Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Parulidae
Genus: Setophaga
Species: Setophaga petechia

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