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Long-term BBS trends
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1.02 (0.519 - 1.53)
-0.504 (-1.02 - -0.0203)|
Mean abundance (number of birds detected per 5 min. point count) and percentage of squares occupied by region Bird Conservation Regions [abund. plot]
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Atlas Results
Yellow Warblers were found in all corners of the province with sightings in 1,925 squares earning them sixth place for species reported from the most squares. Their wide range of habitat preferences finds them to inhabit everything from farm yards and tree-lined cities, to the sparse taiga forests of the far north. Relative abundance mapping highlights the Aspen Parkland ecoregion and parts of the Moist Mixed Grassland as the core of their distribution in Saskatchewan, with a high probability of being observed over large swaths of the province. Their familiar song was heard at 4,600 unique point count locations, on occasion detecting six or seven individuals on a single count.
Excerpts Adapted from the Birds of Saskatchewan:
The Yellow Warbler has the largest range of any of our warblers and comprises 35 subspecies in three major groups. The Northern Yellow Warbler (aestiva group, 6 subspecies) breeds across the whole of temperate North America south to central Mexico, and winters from Mexico through Central America to northern South America.
This warbler is found in the coulee and riparian shrubbery of the grasslands, in the thickets and second-growth aspen of the parklands as well as in the overgrown clearings and burns of the boreal and subarctic regions (Smith 1996). Well adapted to humans, it is the only warbler to nest regularly in artificial habitats such as hedgerows, farm shelterbelts, and urban parks or gardens.
The Yellow Warbler is the only warbler found as a summer resident throughout Saskatchewan (Smith 1996). Locally common in the grasslands, common in the parklands and fairly common in the boreal and subarctic regions (Smith 1996).
Original text by Joan Feather. Text adapted by Daniel J. Sawatzky
Read more about the Yellow Warbler in the Birds of Saskatchewan here.
Recommended citation: Latremouille, L. M. 2025. Yellow Warbler in Latremouille, L. M., S. L. Van Wilgenburg, C. B. Jardine, D. Lepage, A. R. Couturier, D. Evans, D. Iles, and K. L. Drake (eds.). 2025. The Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Saskatchewan, 2017-2021. Birds Canada. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan https://sk.birdatlas.ca/accounts/speciesaccount.jsp?sp=YEWA&lang=en [09 Nov 2025]
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