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Genus of birds From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vermivora is a genus of New World warblers.
Vermivora | |
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Blue-winged warbler (Vermivora cyanoptera) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Parulidae |
Genus: | Vermivora Swainson, 1827 |
Type species | |
Vermivora solitaria[1] Swainson, 1827 | |
Species | |
See text. |
Three species are accepted in the genus,[2] one of them probably extinct:
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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†Vermivora bachmanii | Bachman's warbler | 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,[3] but have now been transferred to the genus Leiothlypis:[2][4]
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