Mourning warbler

Mourning warbler
Mourning warbler by Louis Agassiz Fuertes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Parulidae
Genus: Geothlypis
Species:
G. philadelphia
Binomial name
Geothlypis philadelphia
(Wilson, 1810)
Range of G. philadelphia
  Breeding range
  Wintering range
Synonyms

Oporornis philadelphia

The mourning warbler (Geothlypis philadelphia) is a small songbird of the New World warbler family. Mourning warblers are native to eastern and central North America as well as some countries in Central America.[2] They are neotropical migrants and tend to be found in dense second growth forests.[3] They are under the Wood-warbler category, which consists of arboreal and terrestrial colorful passerines. Wood warblers are in the order Passeriformes, which are perching birds including more than half of all bird species, and the family Parulidae which also includes the Common Yellowthroat, Black and White Warbler, Nashville Warbler, ovenbird, and American Redstart. They are very similar to the MacGillivray's Warbler in appearance, especially in females and immature birds, but their breeding range does not overlap into the west.[4]

The "mourning" in this bird's name refers to the male's hood, thought to resemble a mourning veil.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Geothlypis philadelphia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22721824A94733160. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22721824A94733160.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. ^ Gough, G.A., Sauer, J.R. Patuxent Bird Glossary. 1997. Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, MD. http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/Infocenter/Glossary/glossary.html
  3. ^ "Mourning Warbler Life History, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology". www.allaboutbirds.org. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
  4. ^ North American Bird Conservation Initiative. 2014. The State of the Birds 2014 Report. US Department of Interior, Washington, DC, USA