Vermivora Explained

Vermivora is a genus of New World warblers.

Species

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

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	†Vermivora bachmanii		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,^[2] but have now been transferred to the genus Leiothlypis:^{[1] [3]}

• 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

Notes and References

1. IOC World Bird List Family Parulidae
2. Book: Sibley, D. . The Sibley Field Guide to Birds . 2000 . Alfred A. Knopf . New York . 0-679-45122-6 . registration .
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