Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi (Townsend, 1837)    Synonyms: TOWA.
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Chordata   >   Class Aves   >   Order Passeriformes   >   Family Parulidae   >   Genus Setophaga   

Status:

Maryland has three accepted records for this western U.S. species. The first two were winter records along the C&O Canal in Frederick (#2006-001) and Montgomery (#2006-030) Counties in 2006. The most recent was found at Bayside Point, Assateague Island in September 2011 (#2011-382).

Description:

Compare similar Black-throated Green Warbler.

There are 13 records in the project database.

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A Townsend's Warbler at Bayside, Assateague Island, Maryland (9/18/2011). Found by Dave Czaplak and Mary Ann Todd on 9/17/2011, this was Maryland's third record, a new species for the Eastern Shore of Maryland, and a first record for Worcester County. Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

A Townsend's Warbler at Bayside, Assateague Island, Maryland (9/18/2011). Found by Dave Czaplak and Mary Ann Todd on 9/17/2011, this was Maryland's third record, a new species for the Eastern Shore of Maryland, and a first record for Worcester County. Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

A Townsend's Warbler at Bayside, Assateague Island, Maryland (9/18/2011). Found by Dave Czaplak and Mary Ann Todd on 9/17/2011, this was Maryland's third record, a new species for the Eastern Shore of Maryland, and a first record for Worcester County. Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

A Townsend's Warbler at Bayside, Assateague Island, Maryland (9/18/2011). Found by Dave Czaplak and Mary Ann Todd on 9/17/2011, this was Maryland's third record, a new species for the Eastern Shore of Maryland, and a first record for Worcester County. Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

A Townsend's Warbler at Bayside, Assateague Island, Maryland (9/18/2011). Found by Dave Czaplak and Mary Ann Todd on 9/17/2011, this was Maryland's third record, a new species for the Eastern Shore of Maryland, and a first record for Worcester County. Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

A Townsend's Warbler at Nolan's Ferry, Frederick Co., Maryland (1/3/2006). Found by Claire Wolf, Lydia Schindler, and Jeff Gould. Photo by Dave Czaplak. (MBP list)

Townsend's Warbler in Baltimore Co., Maryland (3/12/2021). (c) tomfeild, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Tom Feild. (MBP list)

A Townsend's Warbler in Worcester Co., Maryland (9/17/2011). Photo by Jared Satchell. (MBP list)


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