The chestnut-headed tesia was
formally described by the English army officer and zoologist
Edward Burton in 1836 under the
binomial nameSylvia castaneocoronata.[3] The specific epithet combines the Latin castaneus meaning "chestnut-coloured" and coronatus meaning "crowned".[4] Formerly placed in the genus Tesia, a
molecular phylogenetic study published in 2011 found that the chestnut-headed tesia was embedded in a
clade containing members of the genus Cettia.[5][6]
^Burton, Edward (1835).
"Sylvia castaneocoronata". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. Part 3: 152–153. Although bearing the year 1835 on the title page, the volume did not appear until 1836.
^Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 93.
ISBN978-1-4081-2501-4.