New World Warblers (Parulidae)
Vitelline Warbler (Dendroica vitellina) - HBW 15, p. 758
French: Paruline des Caïmans
German: Dotterwaldsänger
Spanish: Reinita de las Caimán
Taxonomy: Dendroica vitellina Cory, 1886, Grand Cayman Island.
Forms a superspecies with D. discolor; sometimes regarded as conspecific, although such treatment not supported by recent phylogenetic study. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- nelsoni Bangs, 1919 - Swan Is (N of Honduras), in W Caribbean.
- vitellina Cory, 1886 - Grand Cayman I.
- crawfordi Nicoll, 1904 - Little Cayman I and Cayman Brac.
- Near Threatened
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