Worm-eating Warbler
Worm-eating Warbler
Here the details of the Worm-eating Warbler named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Motacilla vermivora Syst.Nat. 1 pt2 p.951
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Parulidae / Helmitheros
Taxonomy Code: woewar1
Type Locality: Pennsylvania ; restricted to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by Amer. Ornith. Union, 1931, Check-list North Amer. Birds, ed. 4, p. 281.
Author: Gmelin, JF
Publish Year: 1789
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
HELMITHEROS
(Parulidae; Ϯ Worm-eating Warbler H. vermivorum) Gr. ἑλμινς helmins, ἑλμινθος helminthos worm; -θηρας -thēras -hunter < θηραω thēraō to hunt < θηρ thēr, θηρος thēros beast, animal; the name of the Worm-eating Warbler derives from its fondness not for worms but for the worm-like caterpillars of small moths; "On dissection I have uniformly found their stomachs filled with spiders or caterpillars, or both" (A. Wilson 1811);"4. HELMITHEROS. Différent du genre Sylvia par bec un peu courbe, mandibule supérieure arrondie non échancrée. Le type de ce genre est la Fauvette vermivore, ou Wormeater Warbler de Wilson, que je nomme H. migratorius." (Rafinesque 1819); "Helmitheros Rafinesque, 1819, Journ. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat., 88, p. 418. Type, by original designation, Helmitheros migratorius Rafinesque = Motacilla vermivora Gmelin." (Lowery & Monroe in Peters, 1968, XIV, p. 37).
Var. Helmintherus, Helmintheras, Helmintheros, Helminthotheras, Helminthotherium, Helminthotherus, Helmithera, Helmitherus.
Synon. Helinaia, Ramphosteon.
vermivora / vermivorum / vermivorus
L. vermis worm; -vorus -eating < vorare to devour.
● ex “Contramaestre coronado” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 153 (syn. Basileuterus auricapillus).
● ex “Ficedula pensilvanica” of Brisson 1760, “Worm-eater” of Edwards 1760, Latham 1783, and Pennant 1785, and “Demi-fin mangeur de vers” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (Helmitheros).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)