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Lucy’s Warbler
Leiothlypis luciae
Lucy's Warbler (Leiothlypis luciae) — Songbirds & Perching Birds of North America.
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The Lucy’s Warbler (Leiothlypis luciae) is a member of the Parulidae family found in Central America & Caribbean and North America. Adults weigh 6.6 g. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.
Conservation status
IUCN Red List (opens in a new tab)Widespread and abundant — not currently at risk.
Where it fits
- Class Aves
- Order Passeriformes
- Family Parulidae New World Warblers
- Genus Leiothlypis
- Species luciae
Quick facts
- Weight
- 6.6 g
- Diet
- Invertebrate-eaters
- Family
- Parulidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Habitat
- Woodland
How to identify
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Biology & behaviour
Diet
The Lucy’s Warbler is a invertivore — it feeds mainly on invertebrates such as insects and other small prey.
Behaviour
A bird of semi-open forest, it spends much of its time perched in trees and shrubs.
Migration
The Lucy’s Warbler is migratory, making regular seasonal journeys between its breeding and non-breeding ranges.
The Lucy’s Warbler (Leiothlypis luciae) is a member of the Parulidae family, within the order Passeriformes. Its range spans Central America & Caribbean and North America. Its distribution covers NA, MA sw USA and nw Mexico.
It is a very small bird. Adults weighs around 6.6 g, with a wing length of about 5.6 cm and a tail of around 4.3 cm.
The IUCN Red List currently assesses it as Least Concern. That category covers species that remain widespread and reasonably abundant in the wild.
The species has a mapped global range of roughly 391,000 km².
Songs & calls
Frequently asked questions
How big is the Lucy’s Warbler?
The Lucy’s Warbler is a very small bird that weighs around 6.6 g.
Where does the Lucy’s Warbler live?
The Lucy’s Warbler is found across Central America & Caribbean and North America with a range covering NA, MA sw USA and nw Mexico, where it favours woodland, forest and well-treed country.
What family does the Lucy’s Warbler belong to?
The Lucy’s Warbler (Leiothlypis luciae) belongs to the Parulidae family, in the order Passeriformes.
What does the Lucy’s Warbler eat?
The Lucy’s Warbler is a invertivore — it feeds mainly on invertebrates such as insects and other small prey.
Does the Lucy’s Warbler migrate?
The Lucy’s Warbler is migratory, making regular seasonal journeys between its breeding and non-breeding ranges.
Is the Lucy’s Warbler endangered?
The IUCN Red List currently assesses it as Least Concern That category covers species that remain widespread and reasonably abundant in the wild.
What sound does the Lucy’s Warbler make?
1 real field recording of the Lucy’s Warbler — including its song — can be played in the Songs & calls section on this page, credited to the recordist who captured it.
How large is the Lucy’s Warbler's range?
The Lucy’s Warbler has a mapped global range of about 391,000 km².
Conservation
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