Setophaga

Setophaga
Blackburnian warbler, Setophaga fusca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Parulidae
Genus:	Setophaga Swainson, 1827
Synonyms
Parula Bonaparte, 1838 Dendroica G. R. Gray, 1842

Setophaga is a genus of birds of the New World warbler family Parulidae. It contains at least 33 species. The males in breeding plumage are often highly colorful. The Setophaga warblers are an example of adaptive radiation with the various species using different feeding techniques and often feeding in different parts of the same tree.

Taxonomy

Most members of the genus as currently recognized were traditionally classified as the genus Dendroica, 29 species at the time of the merger. The only member of the genus Setophaga prior to the merger was the American redstart. Genetic research has suggested that Dendroica and Setophaga should be merged. This change has been accepted by the North American Classification Committee of the American Ornithologists' Union and the IOC World Bird List. As the name Setophaga (published in 1827) takes priority over Dendroica (published in 1842), those who accept the merger transfer all the species below to Setophaga. The South American Classification Committee of the AOU continues to use the former classification for the genus Dendroica and Parula for species present under their purview. They also place hooded warbler in the genus Wilsonia.

List of species

• Plumbeous warbler, Setophaga plumbea
• Elfin woods warbler, Setophaga angelae
• Arrowhead warbler, Setophaga pharetra
• Hooded warbler, Setophaga citrina
• American redstart. Setophaga ruticilla
• Kirtland's warbler, Setophaga kirtlandii
• Cape May warbler, Setophaga tigrina
• Cerulean warbler, Setophaga cerulea
• Northern parula, Setophaga americana
• Tropical parula, Setophaga pitiayumi
• Magnolia warbler, Setophaga magnolia
• Bay-breasted warbler, Setophaga castanea
• Blackburnian warbler, Setophaga fusca
• American yellow warbler, Setophaga petechia
• Chestnut-sided warbler, Setophaga pensylvanica
• Blackpoll warbler, Setophaga striata
• Black-throated blue warbler, Setophaga caerulescens
• Palm warbler, Setophaga palmarum
• Olive-capped warbler, Setophaga pityophila
• Pine warbler, Setophaga pinus
• Yellow-rumped warbler, Setophaga coronata
  • Myrtle warbler, Setophaga coronata coronata
  • Audubon's warbler, Setophaga coronata auduboni
  • Black-fronted warbler, Setophaga coronata nigrifrons
  • Goldman's warbler, Setophaga coronata goldmani
• Yellow-throated warbler, Setophaga dominica
• Bahama warbler, Setophaga flavescens
• Vitelline warbler, Setophaga vitellina
• Prairie warbler, Setophaga discolor
• Adelaide's warbler, Setophaga adelaidae
• Barbuda warbler, Setophaga subita
• Saint Lucia warbler, Setophaga delicata
• Grace's warbler, Setophaga graciae
• Black-throated gray warbler, Setophaga nigrescens
• Townsend's warbler, Setophaga townsendi
• Hermit warbler, Setophaga occidentalis
• Golden-cheeked warbler, Setophaga chrysoparia
• Black-throated green warbler, Setophaga virens