Leiothlypis

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

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

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.[1]

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.[2][3]

Species

Six species are recognised:[4]

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Leiothlypis peregrina	Tennessee warbler	southern Central America and northern South America.
	Leiothlypis celata	Orange-crowned warbler	southern United States and 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

1. 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].
2. Chesser, Terry; Burns, Kevin; Cicero, Carlo; Dunn, Jon; Kratter, Andrew; Lovette, Irby; Rasmussen, Pamela; Remsen, JV; Stotz, Douglas; Winker, Kevin. "Sixtieth supplement to the American Ornithological Society's Check-list of North American Birds". Auk. 136 (3). doi:10.1093/auk/ukz042.
3. "2019-B" (PDF). AOS Classification Committee – North and Middle America. American Ornithological Socirty. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
4. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "New World warblers, mitrospingid tanagers". IOC World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 11 September 2019.