Semper's warbler
Semper's warbler (Leucopeza semperi) is an extremely rare or possibly extinct New World warbler which is endemic to Saint Lucia, part of the Lesser Antilles.
Semper's warbler | |
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Illustration by Joseph Smit | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Parulidae |
Genus: | Leucopeza Sclater, PL, 1876 |
Species: | L. semperi |
Binomial name | |
Leucopeza semperi Sclater, PL, 1876 | |
The common name and Latin binomial name commemorate Reverend John E. Semper, an amateur ornithologist who lived in St. Lucia.
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