Mourning Warbler / Geothlypis philadelphia
Mourning Warbler
SCI Name:
Protonym: Sylvia Philadelphia Am.Orn. 2 p.101 pl.14 fig.6
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Parulidae / Geothlypis
Taxonomy Code: mouwar
Type Locality: within a few miles of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Author: Wilson, A
Publish Year: 1810
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
GEOTHLYPIS
(Parulidae; † Common Yellowthroat G. trichas) Gr. γεω- geō- ground-, earth- < γη gē earth; θλυπις thlupis unknown small bird, perhaps some sort of finch or warbler. In ornithology thlypis signifies either a thin-billed tanager or, as in this case, a parulid warbler; "Subfam. Sylvicolinae. 1. Geothlypis (Trichas Sws. nec Gloger). ... Gen. Trichas Gloger. Der Name Trichas wurde von Gloger im März 1827 an die Stelle von Criniger (!) Temm. gesetzt. Trichophorus Temm. ist später als Trichas Gloger vorgeschlagen. Für die Gattung Trichas Sws., April 1827 haben wir den Namen Geothlypis (Fam. Sylvicolidae) vorgeschlagen 1. Trichas barbata (Temm.). 2. T. gularis (Horsf.). 3. T. icterica (Strickl.). 4. T. flaveola (Gould). etc." (Cabanis 1847); "Geothlypis Cabanis, 1847, Archiv für Naturgesch., 13, pp. 316, 349. New name for Trichas Swainson, (June) 1827, preoccupied by Trichas Gloger, (March) 1827." (JAJ 2021) (see Trichas).
Var. Geothlipis.
Synon. Chamaethlypis, Frutiornis, Trichas.
philadelphia / philadelphica / philadelphicus
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
● Implied TL Philadelphia: "* Banded-tail T[ern]. . S[terna]. Philadelphia. ... *This is a nondescript" (Ord in Guthrie 1815) (Larus).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)