Wilson's Warbler

SCI Name:  Cardellina pusilla
Protonym:  Muscicapa pusilla Am.Orn. 3 p.103 pl.26 fig.4
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Parulidae / Cardellina
Taxonomy Code:  wlswar
Type Locality:  southern States, . . . lower parts ... of New Jersey and Delaware ; restricted to southern New Jersey by Amer. Ornith. Union, 1931, Check-list North Amer. Birds, ed. 4, p. 299.
Author:  Wilson, A
Publish Year:  1811
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

CARDELLINA
(Parulidae; Ϯ Red-faced Warbler C. rubrifrons) Dim. < Italian dialect name Cardella for a Goldfinch  < L. cardella or cardellus  Goldfinch (in allusion to the red face) (see Carduelis); "*665. Cardellina, Dubus.  Rostrum breve, subulatum, robustum, basi valde plumatum, vibrissis rigidis: pedes graciles, digitis brevibus: alae longae, subrotundatae; remige prima quintam subaequante; secunda tertia et quarta omnium longissimis: cauda longula, emarginata. Ad Tanagrinas quam maxime accedit et potius pertinet!   Mexico.  2.    *1. Cardellina amicta, Dubus. (Parus erythropis, Licht.) Esq. Orn. 1850. t.25. Mus. Bruxell. et Berol. ex Mexico.   ...   2. SETOPHAGA rubra, Sw. 1827. (miniata, Lafr. - Sylvia argyrotis, Illig.) Mag. Zool. 1836. Ois. t. 54. ex Mexic." (Bonaparte 1850); "Cardellina Bonaparte (ex Du Bus MS), 1851?, Consp. Avium, 1 (1850), p. 312. Type, by subsequent designation (Baird, 1865, Rev. Amer. Birds, 1, p. 263), Cardellina amicta Du Bus = Muscicapa rubrifrons Giraud." (Lowery & Monroe in Peters, 1968, XIV, p. 51).
Synon. Ergaticus.

pusilla
L. pusillus  very little, very small  < dim. pusus  little boy  < puer  boy.
● ex “Cinclus dominicensis minor” of Brisson 1760 (Calidris).
● ex “Small Nuthatch” of Catesby 1731, “Petit Torchepot de la Caroline” of Brisson 1760, and “Petite Sittelle à tête brune” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (Sitta).
● ex “Little Sparrow” of Catesby 1731 (Spizella).
● "59. CERTHIA.  ...  pusilla.  2. C. supra grisea, subtus alba, rectricibus fuscis: extimis apice albis.  Certhia fusca minor. Edw. av. 26. l. 26.  Habitat in India." (Linnaeus 1758) (unident.; nom. dub.).

SUBSPECIES

Wilson's Warbler (pileolata)
SCI Name: Cardellina pusilla pileolata
pileolata
Mod. L. pileolatus  capped, pileolated  < L. pilleolus  skull-cap, small cap  < dim. pilleus  felt-cap.

Wilson's Warbler (pusilla)
SCI Name: Cardellina pusilla pusilla
pusilla
L. pusillus  very little, very small  < dim. pusus  little boy  < puer  boy.
● ex “Cinclus dominicensis minor” of Brisson 1760 (Calidris).
● ex “Small Nuthatch” of Catesby 1731, “Petit Torchepot de la Caroline” of Brisson 1760, and “Petite Sittelle à tête brune” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (Sitta).
● ex “Little Sparrow” of Catesby 1731 (Spizella).
● "59. CERTHIA.  ...  pusilla.  2. C. supra grisea, subtus alba, rectricibus fuscis: extimis apice albis.  Certhia fusca minor. Edw. av. 26. l. 26.  Habitat in India." (Linnaeus 1758) (unident.; nom. dub.).

Wilson's Warbler (chryseola)
SCI Name: Cardellina pusilla chryseola
chryseola
Dim. < Gr. χρυσεος khruseos  golden  < χρυσος khrusos  gold.