Virginia's Warbler (Leiothlypis virginiae)
Number of accepted Virginia's Warbler records for Louisiana = 1 as of 25th Report of the LBRC (2022)
Accepted Records
One immature female (1988-58; formerly 89-58) on 17 Dec. 1988 (Sabine CBC), Cameron: East Jetty Woods; Steven W. Cardiff (LSUMZ #138249), J. V. Remsen, Catherine Cummins, Curtis Marantz (Cardiff & Dittmann 1989, p. 599, 987; Muth 1989, p. 327). This is a first record for Louisiana.
Unaccepted Records
One immature (1989-152) on 24 November 1989, Cameron: Garner Ridge, 3 mi. W Johnsons Bayou. All
but two Members believed that the combination of poor viewing conditions late in the day, duration of
observation (which included only brief looks while the warbler foraged deep within acacia bushes), the observers’
descriptions, and the lack of photos were grounds for not accepting what would have represented a second state
occurrence. The bird was not relocated the following day but instead a Lucy’s Warbler (1989-160; 7th Report of the
LBRC) was well-documented there beginning on 25 November 1989. Those same dissenting Members were not
inclined to accept a ‘two bird hypothesis,” instead believing that perhaps the Lucy’s was the bird poorly observed
and believed to be a Virginia’s on 24 November 1989. This report was resolved in 1992 but was inadvertently not
included in the 7th Report of the LBRC or subsequent reports. This record was published in American Birds V. 44, N.
1, p. 108.