Wilson’s Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Here the details of the Wilson's Warbler named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Muscicapa pusilla Am.Orn. 3 p.103 pl.26 fig.4
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Parulidae / Cardellina
Taxonomy Code: wlswar
Type Locality: southern States, . . . lower parts ... of New Jersey and Delaware ; restricted to southern New Jersey by Amer. Ornith. Union, 1931, Check-list North Amer. Birds, ed. 4, p. 299.
Author: Wilson, A
Publish Year: 1811
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
CARDELLINA
(Parulidae; Ϯ Red-faced Warbler C. rubrifrons) Dim. < Italian dialect name Cardella for a Goldfinch < L. cardella or cardellus Goldfinch (in allusion to the red face) (see Carduelis); "*665. Cardellina, Dubus. Rostrum breve, subulatum, robustum, basi valde plumatum, vibrissis rigidis: pedes graciles, digitis brevibus: alae longae, subrotundatae; remige prima quintam subaequante; secunda tertia et quarta omnium longissimis: cauda longula, emarginata. Ad Tanagrinas quam maxime accedit et potius pertinet! Mexico. 2. *1. Cardellina amicta, Dubus. (Parus erythropis, Licht.) Esq. Orn. 1850. t.25. Mus. Bruxell. et Berol. ex Mexico. ... 2. SETOPHAGA rubra, Sw. 1827. (miniata, Lafr. - Sylvia argyrotis, Illig.) Mag. Zool. 1836. Ois. t. 54. ex Mexic." (Bonaparte 1850); "Cardellina Bonaparte (ex Du Bus MS), 1851?, Consp. Avium, 1 (1850), p. 312. Type, by subsequent designation (Baird, 1865, Rev. Amer. Birds, 1, p. 263), Cardellina amicta Du Bus = Muscicapa rubrifrons Giraud." (Lowery & Monroe in Peters, 1968, XIV, p. 51).
Synon. Ergaticus.
pusilla
L. pusillus very little, very small < dim. pusus little boy < puer boy.
● ex “Cinclus dominicensis minor” of Brisson 1760 (Calidris).
● ex “Small Nuthatch” of Catesby 1731, “Petit Torchepot de la Caroline” of Brisson 1760, and “Petite Sittelle à tête brune” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (Sitta).
● ex “Little Sparrow” of Catesby 1731 (Spizella).
● "59. CERTHIA. ... pusilla. 2. C. supra grisea, subtus alba, rectricibus fuscis: extimis apice albis. Certhia fusca minor. Edw. av. 26. l. 26. Habitat in India." (Linnaeus 1758) (unident.; nom. dub.).
SUBSPECIES
Wilson's Warbler (pileolata)
SCI Name: Cardellina pusilla pileolata
pileolata
Mod. L. pileolatus capped, pileolated < L. pilleolus skull-cap, small cap < dim. pilleus felt-cap.
Wilson's Warbler (pusilla)
SCI Name: Cardellina pusilla pusilla
pusilla
L. pusillus very little, very small < dim. pusus little boy < puer boy.
● ex “Cinclus dominicensis minor” of Brisson 1760 (Calidris).
● ex “Small Nuthatch” of Catesby 1731, “Petit Torchepot de la Caroline” of Brisson 1760, and “Petite Sittelle à tête brune” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (Sitta).
● ex “Little Sparrow” of Catesby 1731 (Spizella).
● "59. CERTHIA. ... pusilla. 2. C. supra grisea, subtus alba, rectricibus fuscis: extimis apice albis. Certhia fusca minor. Edw. av. 26. l. 26. Habitat in India." (Linnaeus 1758) (unident.; nom. dub.).
Wilson's Warbler (chryseola)
SCI Name: Cardellina pusilla chryseola
chryseola
Dim. < Gr. χρυσεος khruseos golden < χρυσος khrusos gold.
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)