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Genus of birds From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cardellina is a genus of passerine birds in the New World warbler family Parulidae. The genus name Cardellina is a diminutive of the Italian dialect word Cardella for the European goldfinch.[2]
Cardellina | |
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Red-faced warbler (Cardellina rubifrons) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Parulidae |
Genus: | Cardellina Du Bus de Gisignies, 1849 |
Type species | |
Cardinella amicta[1] = Muscicapa rubrifrons Du Bus | |
Species | |
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The genus was introduced by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1850.[3] The type species was subsequently designated as the red-faced warbler.[4][5] The genus originally contained one species, the red-faced warbler. A comprehensive study of the wood-warblers published in 2010 that analysed mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences found that the five species formed a discrete clade, with the Wilson's and Canada warblers as early offshoots, followed by a lineage that gave rise to two branches – one leading to the red-faced and another that diverged to the red and pink-headed warblers.[6]
The following five species are currently recognized.[7]
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Cardellina canadensis | Canada warbler | Summers in Canada and northeastern United States and winters in northern South America. | |
Cardellina pusilla | Wilson's warbler | Across Canada and south through the western United States, and winters from Mexico south through much of Central America. | |
Cardellina rubrifrons | Red-faced warbler | Mexico and the US states of Arizona and New Mexico, and the Central American nations of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. | |
Cardellina rubra | Red warbler | Highlands of Mexico, north of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. | |
Cardellina versicolor | Pink-headed warbler | Southwestern Highlands of Guatemala and the central and southeastern Highlands of the Mexican state of Chiapas. | |
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