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 LC    Worm-eating Warbler* Id (Atlas):
    Helmitheros vermivorum

Description (10)
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Other Scientific Names
Helmitheros vermivorus [BirdLife International (2004)], Helmitheros vermivorus [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)], Helmitheros vermivorus [Stotz et al. (1996)]

Family
Parulidae (New World Warblers)

Size
13 - 14 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gmelin, 1789)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical mangroves, temperate forest. From sea-level - 1,500 m, occasionally up to 2,000 m.

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

Vagrant to Antigua And Barbuda, Guadeloupe, St Pierre and Miquelon (P).

Breeds over much of eastern USA south of Great Lakes (excluding Florida Peninsula and much of southern Atlantic coastal plain); distribution centred around Appalachians and adjacent areas. Migrates to lowlands of Middle America from southern and eastern Mexico south to western Panama, and Caribbean.
 
Population
Estimated population is 800,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (64)...)

 
Worm-eating Warbler (Helmitheros vermivorum) [XC140025]
     by Jorge de Leon Cardozo and Susan Hochgraf from Glassboro WMA, NJ, United States (high chip)

 
Worm-eating Warbler (Helmitheros vermivorum) [XC501228]
     by Scott Gravette from Crow's Nest Natural Area Preserve, Stafford County, Virginia, United States (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Genus sometimes merged with Lymnothlypis but, despite superficial similarities, the two are apparently not closely related. Has been suggested that genus may be closest to Vermivora.


References
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Files:
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