''Hemitesia'' is a genus of

Old World warbler Old World warblers are a large group of birds formerly grouped together in the bird family Sylviidae. The family held over 400 species in over 70 genera, and were the source of much taxonomic confusion. Two families were split out initially, the ci ...

s in the family

Cettiidae Cettiidae is a newly validated family of small insectivorous songbirds ("warblers"), formerly placed in the Old World warbler "wastebin" assemblage. It contains the typical bush warblers (''Cettia'') and their relatives. As a common name, cetti ...

, formerly classified in the family

Sylviidae Sylviidae is a family of passerine birds that includes the typical warblers and a number of babblers formerly placed within the Old World babbler family. They are found in Eurasia and Africa. Taxonomy and systematics The scientific name Sylvii ...

. The genus was erected by

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in 1948.

Taxonomy

The genus ''Hemitesia'' was introduced in 1948 by the American ornithologist

with Neumann's warbler as the

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. The name combines the

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''hēmi-'' meaning "half-" or "small" with the genus '' Teslia'' that had been introduced by

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in 1837. The genus is placed in the family

and is

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to the genus ''

Urosphena ''Urosphena'' is a genus of Old World warblers in the family Cettiidae, formerly classified in the family Sylviidae. The genus was erected by Robert Swinhoe in 1877. These warblers are generally brown on the upper parts and lighter in color belo ...

''. The genus contains two species: * Pale-footed bush warbler, ''Hemitesia pallidipes'' * Neumann's warbler, ''Hemitesia neumanni''

References

Bird genera {{Cettiidae-stub