Bahama warbler

Bahama warbler
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Parulidae
Genus: Setophaga
Species: S. flavescens
Binomial name
Setophaga flavescens
(Todd, 1909)
Synonyms
  • Dendroica flavescens
  • Setophaga dominica flavescens
  • Dendroica dominica flavescens

The Bahama warbler (Setophaga flavescens) is a species of bird in the Parulidae family. It is endemic to The Bahamas.

The taxon was formerly lumped with the yellow-throated warbler (Dendroica dominica), until the Bahama warbler was elevated to full species in 2011.[2]

Its natural habitat is pine forest on Grand Bahama, Little Abaco and Great Abaco islands.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2013). "Dendroica flavescens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. Chesser, R. Terry, Richard C. Banks, F. Keith Barker, Carla Cicero, Jon L. Dunn, Andrew W. Kratter, Irby J. Lovette, Pamela C. Rasmussen, J. V. Remsen, James D. Rising, Douglas F. Stotz, Kevin Winker. 2011. Fifty-second supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-List of North American Birds. Auk 128(3):600-613.


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