Here's a Share And Tell courtesy of The Carolina Bird Club (https://www.carolinabirdclub.org/brc/aouchanges.html#aou54) whereby the 52nd Supplement,
July, 2011 to the AOU Checklist of Birds addresses your question and others related to the wood-warbler family:
There are major changes within the wood-warbler family (Parulidae), consisting of many reassignments of genus and a new linear sequence of genera and species.
- Genera Parula, Dendroica, and Wilsonia are deleted by being lumped with other genera. Parula and Dendroica are lumped into Setophaga. One species of Wilsonia (Hooded Warbler) is also lumped into Setophaga, and the other two species (Wilson's and Canada) are lumped into Cardellina (the genus of Red-faced Warbler).
- Kentucky, Mourning, and MacGillivray's Warblers are moved to genus Geothlypis (same as Common Yellowthroat) leaving only Connecticut in Oporornis.
- Although the genus Parula no longer exists, a provision of the Code of Zoological Nomenclature allows the family name to remain Parulidae.
- The new sequence of species, with new generic names, is:
sequence new scientific name common name former scientific name former sequence 1 Seiurus aurocapilla Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla 31 2 Helmitheros vermivorum Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum 29 3 Parkesia motacilla Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla 33 4 Parkesia noveboracensis Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis 32 5 Vermivora bachmanii Bachman's Warbler Vermivora bachmanii 1 6 Vermivora chrysoptera Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera 3 7 Vermivora cyanoptera Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera 2 8 Mniotilta varia Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia 26 9 Protonotaria citrea Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea 28 10 Limnothlypis swainsonii Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii 30 11 Oreothlypis peregrina Tennessee Warbler Oreothlypis peregrina 4 12 Oreothlypis celata Orange-crowned Warbler Oreothlypis celata 5 13 Oreothlypis ruficapilla Nashville Warbler Oreothlypis ruficapilla 6 14 Oporornis agilis Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis 35 15 Geothlypis tolmiei MacGillivray's Warbler Oporornis tolmiei 37 16 Geothlypis philadelphia Mourning Warbler Oporornis philadelphia 36 17 Geothlypis formosa Kentucky Warbler Oporornis formosus 34 18 Geothlypis trichas Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas 38 19 Setophaga citrina Hooded Warbler Wilsonia citrina 39 20 Setophaga ruticilla American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla 27 21 Setophaga kirtlandii Kirtland's Warbler Dendroica kirtlandii 20 22 Setophaga tigrina Cape May Warbler Dendroica tigrina 11 23 Setophaga cerulea Cerulean Warbler Dendroica cerulea 25 24 Setophaga americana Northern Parula Parula americana 7 25 Setophaga magnolia Magnolia Warbler Dendroica magnolia 10 26 Setophaga castanea Bay-breasted Warbler Dendroica castanea 23 27 Setophaga fusca Blackburnian Warbler Dendroica fusca 17 28 Setophaga petechia Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia 8 29 Setophaga pensylvanica Chestnut-sided Warbler Dendroica pensylvanica 9 30 Setophaga striata Blackpoll Warbler Dendroica striata 24 31 Setophaga caerulescens Black-throated Blue Warbler Dendroica caerulescens 12 32 Setophaga palmarum Palm Warbler Dendroica palmarum 22 33 Setophaga pinus Pine Warbler Dendroica pinus 19 34 Setophaga coronata Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata 13 35 Setophaga dominica Yellow-throated Warbler Dendroica dominica 18 36 Setophaga discolor Prairie Warbler Dendroica discolor 21 37 Setophaga nigrescens Black-throated Gray Warbler Dendroica nigrescens 14 38 Setophaga townsendi Townsend's Warbler Dendroica townsendi 16 39 Setophaga virens Black-throated Green Warbler Dendroica virens 15 40 Cardellina canadensis Canada Warbler Wilsonia canadensis 41 41 Cardellina pusilla Wilson's Warbler Wilsonia pusilla 40 42 Icteria virens Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens 42
5 comments:
But Dendroica still exists elsewhere in the world or just not in the USA?
Yes, Dendroica genus is gone for good, per the AOU's decision.
Regards, Daniel Edelstein
warblerwatch.com
Thanks.
This is helpful and well done.....Jimmy T.
I still like the old system.....but OK with the new one.
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