''Leiothlypis'' is a genus of

New World warbler The New World warblers or wood-warblers are a group of small, often colorful, passerine birds that make up the family Parulidae and are restricted to the New World. They are not closely related to Old World warblers or Australian warblers. Mos ...

, formerly classified within the genus ''

Oreothlypis ''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-che ...

'' or '' Vermivora''. The genus was introduced by the Dutch ornithologist

George Sangster George Sangster is a Dutch ornithologist. He specialises in taxonomy and has written many articles on this subject for the magazines Dutch Birding ''Dutch Birding'', originally subtitled ''Journal of the Dutch Birding Association'', and current ...

in 2008 with the Tennessee warbler (''Leiothlypis peregrina'') as the

type species In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specim ...

. The genus name is derived from the

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λειος/''leios'' meaning "plain" and θλυπις/''thlupis'', an unknown small bird mentioned by

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. Although in 2009 the genus was rejected by the

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'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:

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q1128786 Bird genera Parulidae