#1118 · 🐦 birds

Prothonotary Warbler

🇳🇱 Citroenzanger ·Protonotaria citrea

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in Europe, not in NL

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © bwood708 · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Jonathan Irons · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © allenwoodliffe · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Owen Strickland · CC BY 4.0
5. © Laura Gooch · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
6. © Jonathan Irons · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Treasure Island, FL, USA:© chloe ⋆˚꩜｡ · CC BY-SA 4.0
8. Townshend, VT, USA:© Craig K. Hunt · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Gulf of Mexico, FL, US:© Stephanie A. Sterling · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Colón, Panama:© vivekaocherik · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The prothonotary warbler ( Protonotaria citrea ) is a small songbird of the New World warbler family. It is the only member of the genus Protonotaria .

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 18,009iNaturalist observations
weight 14.9 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
18,009 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 15 g.
Scientifically named by Pieter Boddaert in 1783 (243 years ago).