Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The Virginia’s Warbler is a small, pale-gray warbler of arid, brushy woodlands and shrubby canyons of the western United States. It’s closely related to the more widespread Nashville Warbler, and some scientists consider the two a superspecies — related species that evolved in isolation from one another and remain separated by geographical barriers. The two are also closely related to the Lucy’s Warbler, a species found further south in the Sonoran Desert.
But why is the Virginia’s Warbler, a western species, named after a state on the east coast of the U.S.?
Read on to find out more: abcbirds.org/bird/virginias-warbler
The Virginia’s Warbler is a small, pale-gray warbler of arid, brushy woodlands and shrubby canyons of the western United States. It’s closely related to the more widespread Nashville Warbler, and some scientists consider the two a superspecies — related species that evolved in isolation from one another and remain separated by geographical barriers. The two are also closely related to the Lucy’s Warbler, a species found further south in the Sonoran Desert.
But why is the Virginia’s Warbler, a western species, named after a state on the east coast of the U.S.?
Read on to find out more: abcbirds.org/bird/virginias-warbler
