Prairie Warbler
Setophaga discolor(Vieillot, LJP, 1809)
English (US) Prairie Warbler
The Prairie Warbler (Setophaga discolor) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Parulidae (New World Warblers) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Setophaga discolor
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Prairie Warbler
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1809)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Setophaga discolor discolor
- Setophaga discolor paludicola
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Sylvia discolor
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1809)
- Type locality
- United States and Greater Antilles; type from 'the Antilles,' fide Stenhouse, 1930, Novit. Zool., 35, p. 271.
- Original description
- Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de l'Amérique Septentrionale, depuis Saint Dominique jusqu'à la baie de Hudson; contenant un grand nombre d'espèces décrites ou figurées pour la première fois 2 p.37 pl.98
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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