''Chloropeta'' was a genus of

Acrocephalidae The Acrocephalidae (the reed warblers, marsh- and tree-warblers, or acrocephalid warblers) are a family of oscine passerine birds, in the superfamily Sylvioidea. The species in this family are usually rather large "warblers". Most are rather p ...

warblers; formerly, they were placed in the

paraphyletic In taxonomy (general), taxonomy, a group is paraphyletic if it consists of the group's most recent common ancestor, last common ancestor and most of its descendants, excluding a few Monophyly, monophyletic subgroups. The group is said to be pa ...

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". Now the papyrus yellow warbler is placed in its monotypic genus '' Calamonastides'', with the others placed in the genus '' Iduna''. It contained the following species: * Papyrus yellow warbler (''Chloropeta gracilirostris'') *

African yellow warbler The African yellow warbler (''Iduna natalensis''), also known as Natal yellow warbler, dark-capped yellow warbler or yellow flycatcher-warbler, is a species of Acrocephalidae warblers; formerly, these were placed in the paraphyletic "Old World wa ...

(''Chloropeta natalensis'') *

Mountain yellow warbler The mountain yellow warbler or mountain flycatcher-warbler (''Iduna similis'') is a species of Acrocephalidae warbler; formerly, these were placed in the paraphyletic "Old World warblers". Range and habitat It is found in Burundi, DRC, Kenya, Mal ...

(''Chloropeta similis'')

References

* del Hoyo, J.; Elliot, A. & Christie D. (editors). (2006). ''

Handbook of the Birds of the World The ''Handbook of the Birds of the World'' (HBW) is a multi-volume series produced by the Spanish publishing house Lynx Edicions in partnership with BirdLife International. It is the first handbook to cover every known living species of bird. ...

''. Volume 11: Old World Flycatchers to Old World Warblers. Lynx Edicions. . Acrocephalidae Bird genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Obsolete bird taxa {{Acrocephalidae-stub