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Adelaide's Warbler
Reinita Mariposera
Setophaga adelaidae
Adelaide's warbler (Setophaga adelaidae), or reinita mariposera (in Puerto Rican Spanish) is a bird endemic to the archipelago of Puerto Rico belonging to the genus Setophaga of the family Parulidae (New World warblers). == Taxonomy == The S. adelaidae complex was originally considered a single species, with three populations occurring in Barbuda, Puerto Rico and St. Lucia. Each of these populations were regarded as a subspecies, S.a. subita, S.a. adelaidae and S.a. delicata respectively. These subspecies were later elevated to species rank as the Barbuda warbler (Setophaga subita), the St. Lucia warbler (Setophaga delicata) and Adelaide's warbler. In 2011, the American Ornithologists' Union reclassified the Parulidae, which resulted in D. adelaidae being transferred to the genus Setophaga. The species is named after Maria Antoinette Adelaide Florentia del Carmen Swift Washburne (1829–1884), daughter of Robert Swift, the person who obtained the first specimen.
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Sound recorded by Barry Edmonston · XC793968 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Visualization by Stichting Xeno-canto voor Natuurgeluiden.
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About the Adelaide's Warbler
Adelaide's warbler (Setophaga adelaidae), or reinita mariposera (in Puerto Rican Spanish) is a bird endemic to the archipelago of Puerto Rico belonging to the genus Setophaga of the family Parulidae (New World warblers). == Taxonomy == The S. adelaidae complex was originally considered a single species, with three populations occurring in Barbuda, Puerto Rico and St. Lucia. Each of these populations were regarded as a subspecies, S.a. subita, S.a. adelaidae and S.a. delicata respectively. These subspecies were later elevated to species rank as the Barbuda warbler (Setophaga subita), the St. Lucia warbler (Setophaga delicata) and Adelaide's warbler. In 2011, the American Ornithologists' Union reclassified the Parulidae, which resulted in D. adelaidae being transferred to the genus Setophaga. The species is named after Maria Antoinette Adelaide Florentia del Carmen Swift Washburne (1829–1884), daughter of Robert Swift, the person who obtained the first specimen.
Conservation
Least Concern
IUCN LC
- Global IUCN
- LC
- Puerto Rico DNER
- No current listing in source crosswalk
- Federal ESA
- No current listing in source crosswalk
- Critical habitat
- Not identified in source crosswalk
Natural history
How it lives
- Habitat
- Dry forest and scrub; karst; woodland and forest edge
- Elevation
- 0–470 m
- Nest
- Cup / bowl · Shrub / bush / vine; Tree
- Clutch
- 2–4 eggs
- Social behavior
- Social / flocking; Singly and pairs
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Research note: Traditional endemic following Antillean warbler splits