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Orange-crowned Warbler

Leiothlypis celata

Classification

Class
Aves
Family
Parulidae

The orange-crowned warbler (Leiothlypis celata) is a small songbird of the New World warbler family. Taxonomy The orange-crowned warbler was formally described in 1822 by the American zoologist Thomas Say under the binomial name Sylvia celatus from a specimen collected on an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains led by Stephen Harriman Long. The specific epithet celatus is Latin and means "secret" or "hidden".

Distribution

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United States of America · 1,369,325Canada · 143,776Mexico · 57,871United Kingdom · 107France · 41Cuba · 12