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Parulidae 
Taxonomic Serial No.: 178842

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): New World Warblers [English]
  
    wood-warblers [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2025   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderPasseriformes  – Perching Birds, passereaux  
                            FamilyParulidae  – New World Warblers, wood-warblers  
    Direct Children:  
                               GenusBasileuterus Cabanis, 1849  
                               GenusCardellina Du Bus de Gisignies, 1849  
                               GenusCatharopeza P. L. Sclater, 1880  
                               GenusGeothlypis Cabanis, 1847 – yellowthroats 
                               GenusHelmitheros Rafinesque, 1819  
                               GenusLeiothlypis Sangster, 2008  
                               GenusLeucopeza P. L. Sclater, 1876  
                               GenusLimnothlypis Stone, 1914  
                               GenusMniotilta Vieillot, 1816  
                               GenusMyioborus S. F. Baird, 1865 – whitestarts 
                               GenusMyiothlypis Cabanis, 1851  
                               GenusOporornis S. F. Baird, 1858  
                               GenusOreothlypis Ridgway, 1884  
                               GenusParkesia Sangster, 2008 – waterthrushes 
                               GenusProtonotaria S. F. Baird, 1858  
                               GenusSeiurus Swainson, 1827  
                               GenusSetophaga Swainson, 1827  
                               GenusVermivora Swainson, 1827  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Richard C. Banks   
  Notes: Chief, Bird Section, U.S.G.S. - B.R.D. - P.W.R.C.   
  Reference for: Parulidae    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: IOC World Bird List (version 15.1), website (version 15.1)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: Gill, F., D. Donsker, and P. Rasmussen, eds. 2025. IOC World Bird List (v 15.1. Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 03 Mar 2025]. doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.14.1   
  Reference for: Parulidae, New World Warblers [English]   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Parulidae   
       
  Source: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2007.09.18, website (version 18-Sep-07)  
  Acquired: 2007   
  Notes: "Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource" maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net   
  Reference for: Parulidae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Dickinson, Edward C., ed.   
  Publication Date: 2003   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, 3rd Edition   
  Page(s): 1039   
  Publisher: Princeton University Press   
  Publication Place: Princeton, New Jersey, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-691-11701-2   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Parulidae   
       

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