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New World Warblers (Parulidae)

Crescent-chested Warbler (Parula superciliosa) - HBW 15, p. 742

French: Paruline à croissant German: Schmuckwaldsänger Spanish: Reinita Cejuda
Other common names: Spot-breasted/Hartlaub's Warbler

Taxonomy: Conirostrum superciliosum Hartlaub, 1844, Guatemala.
A study of mitochondrial DNA has suggested that this species and P. gutturalis are close to Vermivora, and the two are often placed in latter genus; other studies indicate that both genera as currently constituted are not monophyletic, and suggest that these two species should be placed in a separate genus, for which the name Oreothlypis is available. Race sodalis of questionable validity, may be indistinguishable from mexicana. Five subspecies currently recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

  • sodalis ( R. T. Moore, 1941) - NW Mexico (Sierra Madre Occidental from SE Sonora and S Chihuahua S to N Jalisco).
  • mexicana Bonaparte, 1850 - E Mexico (Sierra Madre Oriental from Nuevo León S to C Veracruz, thence W through Michoacán to E Jalisco).
  • palliata ( van Rossem, 1939) - S Jalisco S to Guerrero, in S Mexico.

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  • sodalis ( R. T. Moore, 1941) - NW Mexico (Sierra Madre Occidental from SE Sonora and S Chihuahua S to N Jalisco).
  • mexicana Bonaparte, 1850 - E Mexico (Sierra Madre Oriental from Nuevo León S to C Veracruz, thence W through Michoacán to E Jalisco).
  • palliata ( van Rossem, 1939) - S Jalisco S to Guerrero, in S Mexico.
  • superciliosa ( Hartlaub, 1844) - highlands of S Mexico (Chiapas), Guatemala, El Salvador and W Honduras.
  • parva ( W. deW. Miller & Griscom, 1925) - C & E Honduras and NW Nicaragua.
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