Oreothlypis | |
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Flame-throated warbler (Oreothlypis gutturalis) | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Parulidae |
Genus: |
Oreothlypis Ridgway, 1884 |
Type species | |
Compsothlypis gutturalis
[1] Cabanis, 1860
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Species | |
See text. | |
Synonyms | |
Leiothlypis Sangster, 2008 |
Oreothlypis is a genus of New World warbler. Most members of this genus for formerly classified in the genus Vermivora. However, the species then in Vermivora were more closely related to the flame-throated warbler and crescent-chested warbler, then classed in Parula, than to other species of Vermivora. [2] Initially, the new genus Leiothlypis was proposed for these species by Sangster in 2008, [3] but the American Ornithologists' Union opted to classify them along with the flame-throated and crescent-chested warblers in the existing genus Oreothlypis, though accepted the change in 2019. [4]
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Oreothlypis gutturalis | Flame-throated warbler | Costa Rica and western Panama |
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Oreothlypis superciliosa | Crescent-chested warbler | northern Mexico to northern Nicaragua. |