Leiothlypis

Leiothlypis
File:Tennessee Warbler - Talari Lodge - Costa Rica MG 7603 (26669718326).jpg
Tennessee warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Parulidae
Genus:	Leiothlypis Sangster, 2008
Type species
Sylvia peregrina 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.

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.

Species

Six species are recognised:

Genus Leiothlypis – Sangster, 2008 – six species

Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
Tennessee warbler File:Tennessee Warbler (20318546674).jpg	Leiothlypis peregrina (Wilson, A, 1811)	Northern Canada and northeastern United States to Central America and northern South America. Map of range	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Orange-crowned warbler File:New Yard Bird - Female Orange-crowned Warbler (vermivora celata) (8348777658).jpg	Leiothlypis celata (Say, 1822) Four subspecies L. c. celata (Say, 1822) L. c. lutescens (Ridgway, 1872) L. c. orestera (Oberholser, 1905) L. c. sordida (Townsend, CH, 1890)	Canada and Alaska south to Central America. Map of range	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Colima warbler File:Colima Warbler, Big Bend National Park, Texas 1 (cropped).jpg	Leiothlypis crissalis (Salvin & Godman, 1889)	Sierra Madre Occidental and Oriental of central Mexico, into adjacent southwestern Texas in the Chisos Mountains of Big Bend National Park. Map of range	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Lucy's warbler File:Lucys Warbler.jpg	Leiothlypis luciae (Cooper, 1861)	southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. Map of range	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Nashville warbler File:Vermivora ruficapilla.jpg	Leiothlypis ruficapilla (Wilson, 1811)	North and Central America Map of range	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Virginia's warbler File:Virginias Warbler (Leiothlypis virginiae) (2).jpg	Leiothlypis virginiae (Baird, 1860)	southern mountains of Colorado, central Wyoming, and central and western New Mexico. Map of range	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC