Vermivora
| Vermivora | |
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| Blue-winged warbler (Vermivora cyanoptera) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Parulidae |
| Genus: | Vermivora Swainson, 1827 |
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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:
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Vermivora bachmanii | Bachman's warbler | southeast United States and wintering in Cuba |
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Vermivora cyanoptera | Blue-winged warbler | southern Ontario and the eastern United States |
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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
References
- ^ a b IOC World Bird List Family Parulidae Archived May 1, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Sibley, D. (2000). The Sibley Field Guide to Birds. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN 0-679-45122-6.
- ^ 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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