Vermivora

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Vermivora
Blue-winged warbler (Vermivora cyanoptera)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Parulidae
Genus: Vermivora
Swainson, 1827
Type species
Vermivora solitaria[1]
Swainson, 1827
Species

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Vermivora is a genus of New World warblers.

Taxonomy

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The genus Vermivora was introduced in 1827 by the English zoologist William Swainson to accommodate a single species, Vermivora solitaria Swainson. This is Sylvia solitaria Wilson, 1810 which is now Vermivora cyanoptera Olson and Reveal, 2009, the blue-winged warbler.[2][3] The genus name combines Latin vermis meaning "worm" with -vorus meaning "-eating".[4]

Species

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Three species are recognised in the genus,[5]

Genus Vermivora – Swainson, 1827 – three species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Bachman's warbler

Vermivora bachmanii
(Audubon, 1833) 		Southeast United States and wintering in Cuba
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Habitat:

Diet: 		 CR 


Blue-winged warbler

Vermivora cyanoptera
Olson & Reveal, 2009 		southern Ontario and the eastern United States
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Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 


Golden-winged warbler

Vermivora chrysoptera
Linnaeus, 1766 		south-central Canada and in the Appalachian Mountains in northeastern to north-central United States
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Habitat:

Diet: 		 NT 




Several additional species were formerly included in Vermivora,[6] but have now been transferred to the genus Leiothlypis:[5][7]

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ "Parulidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. ^ Swainson, William (1827). "A synopsis of the birds discovered in Mexico by W. Bullock, F.L.S. and Mr. William Bullock jun". Philosophical Magazine. New Series. 1: 364–369, 433–442 [434].
  3. ^ Olson, S.L.; Reveal, J.L. (2009). "Nomenclatural history and a new name for the Blue-winged Warbler (Aves: Parulidae)". Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 121: 618–620. doi:10.1676/09-003.1. JSTOR 20616949.
  4. ^ Jobling, James A. "Vermivora". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
  5. ^ a b Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (February 2025). "New World warblers, mitrospingid tanagers". IOC World Bird List Version 15.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
  6. ^ Sibley, D. (2000). The Sibley Field Guide to Birds. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN 0-679-45122-6.
  7. ^ Lovette, I. J. et al. (2010). A comprehensive multilocus phylogeny for the wood-warblers and a revised classification of the Parulidae (Aves). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 57 (2): 753-770. Abstract
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