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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Parulidae |
| Genus: | Myiothlypis |
| Species: | M. roraimae |
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| Myiothlypis roraimae (Sharpe, 1885) | |
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The Roraiman warbler (Myiothlypis roraimae) is a passerine bird in the new world warbler family Parulidae. It is found in Brazil, Guyana, and Venezuela.[2] Taxonomic systems are divided on whether it is a species or subspecies.
Taxonomy and systematics
[edit]The Roraiman warbler was formally described in 1885 with the binomial Basileuterus roraimae.[3] By 2007 taxonomic systems had begun to resurrect genus Myiothlypis, which had been erected in 1850, for the two-banded warbler and many other species.[4][5]
At that time the Roraiman warbler was treated as one of three subspecies of the two-banded warbler (M. bivittata). In 2014 the IOC split the Roraiman warbler as a species and retained the English name "two-banded warbler" for the other two subspecies.[6] BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW) did the same in 2016.[7] Several studies support this split.[8][9][10]
However, as of early 2026 AviList, the Clements taxonomy, and the South American Classification Committee retain the three-subspecies model of the two-banded warbler.[11][12][4] AviList states that "Taxon roraimae is retained within Myiothlypis bivittata. These taxa are highly divergent based on analysis of mitochondrial DNA and have very different songs but a split is deferred pending publication of current research."[11] Clements recognizes these differences within the species, somewhat mirroring the IOC and HBW names by calling roraimae the "two-banded warbler (Roraiman)" and grouping bivittata plus argentinae as the "two-banded warbler (two-banded)".[12]
Further information about the Roraiman warbler including description, range, habitat, behavior, and IUCN status are included in the two-banded warbler article.
References
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- ↑ BirdLife International (2024). "Roraiman Warbler Myiothlypis roraimae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2024 e.T103799761A264330572. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-2.RLTS.T103799761A264330572.en. Retrieved 16 July 2026.
- ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (April 2026). "New World warblers, mitrospingid tanagers". IOC World Bird List. v 15.2. Retrieved 5 July 2026.
- ↑ Sharpe, R. Bowdler (1885). Catalogue of the Passeriformes, or Perching Birds, in the Collection of the British Museum. pp. 392–393. Retrieved July 16, 2026.
- 1 2 Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. Claramunt, D. F. Lane, L, N. Naka, M. B. Robbins, F. G. Stiles, and K. J. Zimmer. Version 27 February 2026. A classification of the bird species of South America. South American Classification Committee associated with the International Ornithologists' Union. https://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.htm retrieved February 28, 2026
- ↑ BirdLife International (2007) Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world. [Old] Version 0. Available at: https://datazone.birdlife.org/about-our-science/taxonomy
- ↑ Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2014. IOC World Bird List (v 4.4). http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
- ↑ BirdLife International (2016) Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world. [Old] Version 9. Available at: http://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/BirdLife_Checklist_Version_90.zip.
- ↑ Boesman, P. (2016). "Notes on the vocalizations of Two-banded Warbler (Basileuterus bivittatus)". HBW Alive Ornithological Note 376. In: Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
- ↑ Todd, W. E. C. (1929). "A revision of the wood warbler genus Basileuterus and its allies". Proceedings of the United States National Museum 74: 1–95.
- ↑ Lovette, I.J., Pérez-Emán, J.L., Sullivan, J.P., Banks, R.C., Fiorentino, I., Córdoba-Córdoba, S., Echeverry-Galvis, M., Barker, F.K., Burns, K.J., Klicka, J., Lanyon, S.M. and Bermingham, E. (2010). "A comprehensive multilocus phylogeny for the wood-warblers and a revised classification of the Parulidae (Aves)". Mol. Phylogenet. & Evol.. 57(2): 753–770.
- 1 2 AviList Core Team (2025). "AviList: The Global Avian Checklist, v2025". Retrieved June 11, 2025.
- 1 2 Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, M. Smith, and C. L. Wood. 2025. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2025. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/ retrieved November 3, 2025
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