Editing Prothonotary warbler (section)

==Taxonomy==
The prothonotary warbler was described by the French polymath [[Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon]] in 1779 in his ''[[Histoire Naturelle|Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux]]'' from a specimen collected in [[Louisiana]]. Buffon coined the French name ''Le figuier protonotaire''.<ref>{{ cite book | last=Buffon | first=Georges-Louis Leclerc de | author-link=Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon | year=1779 | title=Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux | volume=9 | place=Paris | publisher=De L'Imprimerie Royale | page=465 | chapter=Le figuier protonotaire | language=fr | chapter-url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42302256 }}</ref> The bird was also illustrated in a hand-coloured plate engraved by [[François-Nicolas Martinet]] in the ''Planches Enluminées D'Histoire Naturelle,'' which was produced under the supervision of [[Edme-Louis Daubenton]] to accompany Buffon's text.<ref>{{ cite book | last1=Buffon | first1=Georges-Louis Leclerc de | author1-link=Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon | last2=Martinet | first2=François-Nicolas | author2-link=François-Nicolas Martinet | last3=Daubenton | first3=Edme-Louis  | author3-link=Edme-Louis Daubenton | last4=Daubenton | first4=Louis-Jean-Marie | author4-link=Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton | year=1765–1783 | chapter=Figuier à ventre et tête jaunes de la Loisiane | title=Planches Enluminées D'Histoire Naturelle | volume=8 | place=Paris | publisher=De L'Imprimerie Royale | at=Plate 704 Fig. 2 | chapter-url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35218303 }}</ref>  Neither the plate caption nor Buffon's description included a scientific name but in 1783 the Dutch naturalist [[Pieter Boddaert]] coined the [[binomial name]] ''Motacilla citrea'' in his catalogue of the ''Planches Enluminées''.<ref>{{cite book | last=Boddaert | first=Pieter | author-link=Pieter Boddaert | year=1783 | title=Table des planches enluminéez d'histoire naturelle de M. D'Aubenton : avec les denominations de M.M. de Buffon, Brisson, Edwards, Linnaeus et Latham, precedé d'une notice des principaux ouvrages zoologiques enluminés | place=Utrecht | page=38, Number 704 Fig. 2 | url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27822664 | language=fr }}</ref> The prothonotary warbler is now the only species placed in the [[genus]] ''Protonotaria'' that was introduced in 1858 by the American naturalist [[Spencer Fullerton Baird|Spencer Baird]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Curson |first1=Jon |last2=Quinn |first2=David |last3=Beadle |first3=David |title=New World Warblers |location=London |year=1994 |publisher=Christopher Helm |isbn=0-7136-3932-6 |pages=159–161}}</ref><ref>{{ cite book | last=Baird | first=Spencer F. | author-link=Spencer Fullerton Baird | year=1858 | title=Reports of explorations and surveys to ascertain the most practical and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean made under the direction of the secretary of war in 1853-1856 | volume=9 Birds | location=Washington | publisher=Printed by Beverly Tucker | pages=[https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11689163 xix], [https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11689175 xxxi], [https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11689435 235], [https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11689439 239] }}</ref><ref name=ioc>{{cite web| editor1-last=Gill | editor1-first=Frank | editor1-link=Frank Gill (ornithologist) | editor2-last=Donsker | editor2-first=David | year=2019 | title=New World warblers, mitrospingid tanagers | website=IOC World Bird List Version 9.2 | url=https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/warblers/ | publisher=International Ornithologists' Union | access-date=9 September 2019 }}</ref> The species is [[monotypic]], no [[subspecies]] are recognised.<ref name=ioc/>

The genus name is from [[Late Latin]] ''protonotarius'', meaning "[[prothonotary]]", a notary attached to the Byzantine court who wore golden-yellow robes. The specific ''citrea'' is from Latin ''citreus'' meaning the colour "[[Citrine (colour)|citrine]]".<ref>{{cite book | last=Jobling | first=James A. | year=2010| title=The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names | url=https://archive.org/details/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling | publisher=Christopher Helm | location=London | isbn=978-1-4081-2501-4 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling/page/n109 109], 318 }}</ref> It was once known as the golden swamp warbler.<ref>{{cite book |title=Bird: The Definitive Visual guide |publisher=DK Publishing |year=2007 |isbn=978-0756655747}}</ref>

A [[molecular phylogenetic]] study of the family Parulidae published in 2010 found that the prothonotary warbler was a [[sister taxon|sister species]] to [[Swainson's warbler]] (''Limnothlypis swainsonii'').<ref>{{ cite journal | last1=Lovette | first1=I.J. | last2=Pérez-Emán | first2=J.L. | last3=Sullivan | first3=J.P. | last4=Banks | first4=R.C. | last5=Fiorentino | first5=I. | last6=Córdoba-Córdoba | first6=S. | last7=Echeverry-Galvis | first7=M. | last8=Barker | first8=F.K. | last9=Burns | first9=K.J. | last10=Klicka | first10=J. | last11=Lanyon | first11=S.M. | last12=Bermingham | first12=E. | year=2010 | title=A comprehensive multilocus phylogeny for the wood-warblers and a revised classification of the Parulidae (Aves) | journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution | volume=57 | issue=2 | pages=753–770 | doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2010.07.018 | pmid=20696258 | bibcode=2010MolPE..57..753L | url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/45582717 }}</ref>