Biology:Leiothlypis

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Short description: Genus of birds

Leiothlypis
Tennessee Warbler - Talari Lodge - Costa Rica MG 7603 (26669718326).jpg
Tennessee warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Parulidae
Genus: Leiothlypis
Sangster, 2008
Type species
Sylvia peregrina[1]
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.[2]

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.[3][4]

Species

Six species are recognised:[5]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Tennessee Warbler (20318546674).jpg Leiothlypis peregrina Tennessee warbler Northern Canada and northeastern United States to Central America and northern South America.
New Yard Bird - Female Orange-crowned Warbler (vermivora celata) (8348777658).jpg Leiothlypis celata Orange-crowned warbler Canada and Alaska south to Central America.
Colima Warbler, Big Bend National Park, Texas 1 (cropped).jpg 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.
Lucy's warbler (Oreothlypis luciae) at nest (17024784578).jpg Leiothlypis luciae Lucy's warbler southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.
Vermivora ruficapilla.jpg Leiothlypis ruficapilla Nashville warbler North and Central America
Virginias Warbler (Leiothlypis virginiae) (2).jpg Leiothlypis virginiae Virginia's warbler southern mountains of Colorado, central Wyoming, and central and western New Mexico.

References

  1. "Parulidae". The Trust for Avian Systematics. https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=197. 
  2. Sangster, George (2008). "A revision of Vermivora (Parulidae) with the description of a new genus". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 128: 207–211 [210–211]. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45653808. 
  3. Chesser, Terry; Burns, Kevin; Cicero, Carlo; Dunn, Jon; Kratter, Andrew; Lovette, Irby; Rasmussen, Pamela; Remsen, JV et al. (2019). "Sixtieth supplement to the American Ornithological Society's Check-list of North American Birds". Auk 136 (3). doi:10.1093/auk/ukz042. 
  4. "2019-B". American Ornithological Socirty. http://checklist.aou.org/assets/proposals/PDF/2019-B.pdf. 
  5. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds (2019). "New World warblers, mitrospingid tanagers". International Ornithologists' Union. https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/warblers/. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1128786 entry