The Golden-winged Warbler, Vermivora chrysoptera, breeds in eastern North America and southeastern Canada. Golden-winged Warbler populations are slowly expanding northwards, but are generally declining across its range, most likely as a result of habitat loss and competition / interbreeding with the very closely related Blue-winged Warbler, Vermivora cyanoptera.

Golden-winged Warblers are migratory, over wintering in southern Central America and the neighboring regions. 

This beautiful Warbler may warrant federal protection as a threatened or endangered species, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.