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
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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