Vermivora

Vermivora
Blue-winged warbler (Vermivora cyanoptera)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Parulidae
Genus: Vermivora
Swainson, 1827
Species

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Vermivora is a genus of New World warblers.

Species

Three species are accepted in the genus,[1] one of them probably extinct:

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Vermivora bachmaniiBachman's warblersoutheast United States and wintering in Cuba
Vermivora cyanopteraBlue-winged warblersouthern Ontario and the eastern United States
Vermivora chrysopteraGolden-winged warblersouth-central Canada and in the Appalachian Mountains in northeastern to north-central United States


Several additional species were formerly included in Vermivora,[2] but have now been transferred to the genus Leiothlypis:[1][3]

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References

  1. IOC World Bird List Family Parulidae Archived May 1, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  2. Sibley, D. (2000). The Sibley Field Guide to Birds. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN 0-679-45122-6.
  3. 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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