''Oreothlypis'' 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. Most ...

. Most members of this genus for formerly classified in the genus ''

Vermivora ''Vermivora'' is a genus of New World warblers. Species Three species are accepted in the genus,IOC World Bird LisFamily Parulidae one of them probably extinct: Several additional species were formerly included in ''Vermivora'', but have now ...

''. However, the species then in ''Vermivora'' were more closely related to the

flame-throated warbler The flame-throated warbler (''Oreothlypis gutturalis'') is a small New World warbler. It is sometimes placed in the genera ''Vermivora'' and ''Parula''. Description The adult flame-throated warbler is long and weighs . It has slate grey upper p ...

and

crescent-chested warbler The crescent-chested warbler (''Oreothlypis superciliosa'') is a small New World warbler. It is common throughout its montane range, from northern Mexico to northern Nicaragua. It shows an affinity for oaks. The crescent-chested warbler is supe ...

, then classed in ''

Parula ''Parula'' was formerly a small genus of New World warblers which breed in North and South America. In 1758, Linnaeus classified the northern parula as a tit, ''Parus americanus'', and as taxonomy developed the genus name was modified first to ...

'', than to other species of ''Vermivora''. Initially, the new genus ''

Leiothlypis ''Leiothlypis'' is a genus of New World warbler, formerly classified within the genus ''Oreothlypis'' or '' Vermivora''. The genus was introduced by the Dutch ornithologist George Sangster in 2008 with the Tennessee warbler (''Leiothlypis peregr ...

'' was proposed for these species by Sangster in 2008, but the

American Ornithologists' Union The American Ornithological Society (AOS) is an ornithological organization based in the United States. The society was formed in October 2016 by the merger of the American Ornithologists' Union (AOU) and the Cooper Ornithological Society. Its m ...

opted to classify them along with the flame-throated and crescent-chested warblers in the existing genus ''Oreothlypis'', though accepted the change in 2019.

Species

References

Bird genera Parulidae Taxa named by Robert Ridgway {{Parulidae-stub