MacGillivray's Warbler (Geothlypis tolmiei)
About the MacGillivray's Warbler
MacGillivray's warbler (Geothlypis tolmiei) is a species of bird in the family Parulidae, the New World warblers. It is found from southeastern Alaska and western Canada to Panama. MacGillivray's warbler was formally described by John Townsend in 1839 with the binomial Sylvia Tolmiei [sic] and the English name "Tolmie's Warbler". He drew on paintings in Audubon's Birds of America, in which Audubon had confused it with what was later named the mourning warbler (Geothlypis philadelphia). Townsend's names honor his friend William Fraser Tolmie. MaGillivray's and the mourning warblers are sister species and hybridize extensively. Audubon gave the species its current English name to honor William MacGillivray.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 386 recordings for this species: 51 CC BY-NC-SA · 15 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Canada, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Black-lored YellowthroatGeothlypis auricularisrecording
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasrecording
- Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosarecording
- Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiarecording
- Olive-crowned YellowthroatGeothlypis semiflavarecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.