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Worm-eating Warbler

Helmitheros vermivorum(Gmelin, JF, 1789)

English (US) Worm-eating Warbler

The Worm-eating Warbler (Helmitheros vermivorum) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Parulidae (New World Warblers) in the order Passeriformes.

Range: breeds eastern USA; winters southeastern Mexico to Panama and Greater AntillesRange summary from AviList, in English.

Scientific name
Helmitheros vermivorum
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
English (US)
Worm-eating Warbler
Described by
(Gmelin, JF, 1789)

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Taxonomic history

First described as
Motacilla vermivora
Described by
(Gmelin, JF, 1789)
Type locality
Pennsylvania ; restricted to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by Amer. Ornith. Union, 1931, Check-list North Amer. Birds, ed. 4, p. 281.
Original description
Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I. Pars II 1 pt2 p.951

Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.

See all 116 species of the family Parulidae