Oreothlypis Explained

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.^[1] Initially, the new genus Leiothlypis was proposed for these species by Sangster in 2008,^[2] 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.^[3]

Species

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Oreothlypis gutturalis		Costa Rica and western Panama
	Oreothlypis superciliosa		northern Mexico to northern Nicaragua.

Notes and References

1. Book: Curson, J.. del Hoyo, Josep . Elliott, Andrew . Christie, David. Family Parulidae (New World Warblers). Handbook of the Birds of the World. 15. 2009. Barcelona. Lynx Edicions.
2. Web site: Recognize the parulid genus Oreothlypis: Proposal (453) to South American Classification Committee. August 2010. Banks. Richard C.. 12 July 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140712225005/http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCprop453.html. 12 July 2014 .
3. Chesser . R. T.. Banks . R. C.. Barker . F. K.. Cicero . C.. 2010. Dunn . J. L.. Kratter . A. W.. Lovette . I. J.. Rasmussen . P. C.. Remsen . J. V. Jr. . J. D. . D. F. . K.. Rising. Stotz. Winker. Fifty-First Supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-list of North American Birds. The Auk. 127. 3. 726–744. 10.1525/auk.2010.127.3.726. 86363169.