Blue-winged Warbler (Vermivora cyanoptera)

Other Scientific Names
Vermivora pinus [BirdLife International (2004, 2008)], Vermivora pinus [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)], Vermivora pinus [Stotz et al. (1996)]

Other Names (World)
Blue-winged Warbler, Brewster's Warbler, Lawrence's Warbler, Cincinnati Warbler

Family
Parulidae (New World Warblers)

Size
11 - 12 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Linnaeus, 1766)

Habitat
Temperate grassland.

Range (Guide)

Bahamas, Belize, Canada (B), Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guadeloupe (NB), Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Turks and Caicos Islands, USA (B), Virgin Islands (U.S.) (NB).

Vagrant to Jamaica, St Pierre and Miquelon (P).

Breeds in central-eastern North America, from southern Wisconsin, southern Michigan and New York south to eastern Missouri, southern Appalachians, West Virginia and Pennsylvania; migrates to region from south-eastern Mexico south to Costa Rica, occasionally to Panama.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 390,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (151)...)

Blue-winged Warbler (Vermivora cyanoptera) [XC475302]
by Matt Wistrand from McMaster Conservation Corridor (near Hamilton), Hamilton Division, Ontario, Canada (song)

Blue-winged Warbler (Vermivora cyanoptera) [XC372790]
by Jorge de Leon Cardozo from Bankhead National Forest, FS 258, Winston County, Alabama, United States (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Recent studies of mitochondrial DNA indicate that this species and Golden-winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera) form a clade, separate from the other species currently placed in genus. A recent study indicates that Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea) and Swainson's Warbler (Limnothlypis swainsonii) may also be genetically close to this species pair. Hybridizes regularly with Golden-winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera) where breeding ranges overlap. Has hybridized also with Kentucky Warbler (Geothlypis formosa) (hybrid originally described as a new species, Helminthophaga cincinnatiensis. One of the two specimens of this pairing originally thought to have involved Mourning Warbler (Geothlypis philadelphia)), and possibly with Nashville Warbler (Leiothlypis ruficapilla).

References
See References.

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