Biology:Leiothlypis

Short description: Genus of birds

Leiothlypis
Tennessee warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Parulidae
Genus:	Leiothlypis Sangster, 2008
Type species
Sylvia peregrina A. Wilson, 1811
Species
See text.
Synonyms
Oreothlypis Ridgway, 1884'

Leiothlypis is a genus of New World warbler, formerly classified within the genus Oreothlypis or Vermivora.

The genus was introduced by the Dutch ornithologist George Sangster in 2008 with the Tennessee warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina) as the type species. The genus name is derived from the Ancient Greek λειος/leios meaning "plain" and θλυπις/thlupis, an unknown small bird mentioned by Aristotle.

Although in 2009 the genus was rejected by the American Ornithological Society's Committee on Classification and Nomenclature of North and Middle American Birds, it was accepted in their 2019 supplement to the Check-list of North American Birds.

Species

Six species are recognised:

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Leiothlypis peregrina	Tennessee warbler	Northern Canada and northeastern United States to Central America and northern South America.
	Leiothlypis celata	Orange-crowned warbler	Canada and Alaska south to Central America.
	Leiothlypis crissalis	Colima warbler	Sierra Madre Occidental and Oriental of central Mexico, into adjacent southwestern Texas in the Chisos Mountains of Big Bend National Park.
	Leiothlypis luciae	Lucy's warbler	southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.
	Leiothlypis ruficapilla	Nashville warbler	North and Central America
	Leiothlypis virginiae	Virginia's warbler	southern mountains of Colorado, central Wyoming, and central and western New Mexico.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q1128786 entry