Leiothlypis

Leiothlypis
Tennessee warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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]

  1. ^ "Parulidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  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].
  3. ^ Chesser, Terry; Burns, Kevin; Cicero, Carlo; Dunn, Jon; Kratter, Andrew; Lovette, Irby; Rasmussen, Pamela; Remsen, JV; Stotz, Douglas; Winker, Kevin (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" (PDF). AOS Classification Committee – North and Middle America. American Ornithological Socirty. Retrieved 26 June 2019.