Adelaide's warbler

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Adelaide's warbler

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Parulidae
Genus: Setophaga
Species:
S. adelaidae
Binomial name
Setophaga adelaidae
(Baird, 1865)
Synonyms

Dendroica adelaidae Baird, 1865

Adelaide's warbler (Setophaga adelaidae) is a

endemic to the archipelago of Puerto Rico belonging to the genus Setophaga of the family Parulidae. The species is named after Maria Antoinette Adelaide Florentia del Carmen Swift Washburne (1829-1884), daughter of Robert Swift, the person who obtained the first specimen.[2][3]

Description

The S. adelaidae complex was originally considered a single species, with three populations occurring in

St. Lucia warbler (Setophaga delicata) and Adelaide's warbler.[4]

In 2011, the American Ornithologists' Union reclassified the Parulidae, which resulted in D. adelaidae being transferred to genus Setophaga.[5]

Adelaide's warbler has gray upperparts with yellow underparts. The species has a yellow line above the eye and a white half-moon below it. Its average length is 12 cm (4.7 in) and its average weight is 7 g (0.25 oz).

Adelaide's warbler occurs in the main island of Puerto Rico and in the island municipality of Vieques. The species occurs mainly in dry forests in the southern region of Puerto Rico such as the Guánica State Forest, with some occurrences in the northern moist forests and the central mountain range, Cordillera Central.

Adelaide's warbler is an

mixed flocks which commonly include Puerto Rican todies, vireos and other New World warblers
. Adelaide's warblers build nests at heights of 1 to 7 m in which the female deposits anywhere from 2 to 4 white eggs. The eggshells usually have small brown spots.

External audio
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See also

References

  1. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22721711A94725147.en
    . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ISBN 978-1-4729-8269-8
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  3. ^ Sellers, Edwin Jaquett (1897). Genealogy of the Kollock Family of Sussex County, Delaware, 1657-1897. Press of J.B. Lippincott Company.
  4. JSTOR 4088856
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  5. S2CID 13691956
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Further reading
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