Vermivora
| Vermivora | |
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| Vermivora cyanoptera | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Parulidae |
| Genus: | Vermivora Swainson, 1827 |
| Species | |
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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:
- Bachman's warbler, Vermivora bachmanii
- Blue-winged warbler, Vermivora cyanoptera
- Golden-winged warbler, Vermivora chrysoptera
Several additional species were formerly included in Vermivora,[2] but have now been transferred to the genus Oreothlypis:[1][3]
- Tennessee warbler Oreothlypis peregrina
- Orange-crowned warbler Oreothlypis celata
- Nashville warbler Oreothlypis ruficapilla
- Virginia's warbler Oreothlypis virginiae
- Colima warbler Oreothlypis crissalis
- Lucy's warbler Oreothlypis luciae
References
- 1 2 IOC World Bird List Family Parulidae
- ↑ 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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