NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Virginia's Warbler
Leiothlypis virginiae (S. F. Baird, 1860)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Virginia's warbler (Leiothlypis virginiae) is a species of New World warbler.
Despite what its name may suggest, Virginia's warbler is not actually named after the American State of Virginia, which makes sense as the birds' typical range only reaches as far east as the state of Texas. The bird's common eastern range is central and southern mountains of Colorado, central Wyoming, and central and western New Mexico. The bird was named for Virginia Anderson, the wife of an army surgeon who discovered the bird at Fort Burgwin, New Mexico, in 1858. When Spencer Fullerton Baird of the Smithsonian Institution fully described the bird for science in 1860 he honored the wishes of the warbler's discoverer and designated Virginia to be both the bird's common and scientific name.
Wikipedia contributors, Virginia's warbler; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T07:15:56.420347+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Leiothlypis virginiae (S. F. Baird, 1860)
- Name authority
- (S. F. Baird, 1860)
- Common name
- Virginia's Warbler
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Parulidae
- Genus
- Leiothlypis
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyParulidae
- genusLeiothlypis Sangster, 2008
- speciesLeiothlypis virginiae (S. F. Baird, 1860)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Leiothlypis. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina (A. Wilson, 1811) | ParulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla (A. Wilson, 1811) | ParulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lucy's WarblerLeiothlypis luciae (J. G. Cooper, 1861) | ParulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata (Say, 1822) | ParulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Colima WarblerLeiothlypis crissalis (Salvin & Godman, 1889) | ParulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Vermivora virginiae (S. F. Baird, 1860) (S. F. Baird, 1860) | synonym |
| Helmithophila virginiae S. F. Baird, 1860 S. F. Baird, 1860 | synonym |
| Oreothlypis virginiae (S. F. Baird, 1860) (S. F. Baird, 1860) | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=950019 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3T2QD. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.