Vermivora

Genus of birds

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

See text.

Vermivora is a genus of New World warblers.

Species

Three species are accepted in the genus,[2] one of them probably extinct:

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Vermivora bachmanii Bachman's warbler Formerly southeast United States and wintering in Cuba
Vermivora cyanoptera Blue-winged warbler southern Ontario and the eastern United States
Vermivora chrysoptera Golden-winged warbler south-central Canada and in the Appalachian Mountains in northeastern to north-central United States

Several additional species were formerly included in Vermivora,[3] but have now been transferred to the genus Leiothlypis:[2][4]

  • Tennessee warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
  • Orange-crowned warbler Leiothlypis celata
  • Nashville warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
  • Virginia's warbler Leiothlypis virginiae
  • Colima warbler Leiothlypis crissalis
  • Lucy's warbler Leiothlypis luciae

References

  1. ^ "Parulidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. ^ a b IOC World Bird List Family Parulidae Archived May 1, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Sibley, D. (2000). The Sibley Field Guide to Birds. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN 0-679-45122-6.
  4. ^ 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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