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
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Worm-eating Warbler
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic 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.
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