Black-throated Grey Warbler
Setophaga nigrescens(Townsend, JK, 1837)
English (US) Black-throated Gray Warbler
UK name: Black-throated Grey Warbler
The Black-throated Grey Warbler (Setophaga nigrescens) 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 nigrescens
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Black-throated Gray Warbler
- English (UK)
- Black-throated Grey Warbler
- Described by
- (Townsend, JK, 1837)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Setophaga nigrescens nigrescens
- Setophaga nigrescens halseii
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Sylvia nigrescens
- Described by
- (Townsend, JK, 1837)
- Type locality
- no locality; cotypes from vicinity of Fort William, near Portland, Oregon, fide Deignan, 1961, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., 221, p. 536.
- Original description
- Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 7 p.191
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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