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title: "Worm-eating Warbler"
description: "Helmitheros vermivorum — Uccelli. The worm-eating warbler (Helmitheros vermivorum) is a small New World warbler that breeds in the Eastern United States and migrates to southern Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central America for the winter."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/worm-eating-warbler
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Worm-eating Warbler

> Helmitheros vermivorum — Uccelli. The worm-eating warbler (Helmitheros vermivorum) is a small New World warbler that breeds in the Eastern United States and migrates to southern Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central America for the winter.

- Scientific name: *Helmitheros vermivorum*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 4666
- Wikidata: [Q269463](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q269463)
- iNaturalist taxon: [72912](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/72912)

## Names

- en: Worm-eating Warbler
- de: Haldenwaldsänger
- es: Chipe gusanero
- fr: Paruline vermivore
- pt: Mariquita-vermívora
- pl: Lasówka paskogłowa

## Countries with the most observations

US (3665), MX (190), CA (105), HN (29), CU (25), CR (23), BZ (16), GT (15), SV (11), BS (9), JM (8), NI (7)

## Summary

The worm-eating warbler (Helmitheros vermivorum) is a small New World warbler that breeds in the Eastern United States and migrates to southern Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central America for the winter. It is the only species in the genus Helmitheros.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worm-eating_warbler

## Photo

![Worm-eating Warbler](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/worm-eating-warbler/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jade Fortnash · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/240951980

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/worm-eating-warbler?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).