Vermivora

Vermivora
Blue-winged warbler (Vermivora cyanoptera)
Scientific classification
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.

Taxonomy

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

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	Size: Habitat: Diet:	CR
Blue-winged warbler	Vermivora cyanoptera Olson & Reveal, 2009	southern Ontario and the eastern United States	Size: 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	Size: Habitat: Diet:	NT

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

• 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. 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. 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