Worm-eating Warbler
Helmitheros vermivorum
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyParulidae (Parúlids)
- GenusHelmitheros
- SpeciesHelmitheros vermivorum (Worm-eating Warbler)
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. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Cahuita National Park
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Setophaga pensylvanica
Northern Waterthrush
Parkesia noveboracensis
Yellow Warbler
Setophaga petechia
Prothonotary Warbler
Protonotaria citrea
Tennessee Warbler
Leiothlypis peregrina
Bay-breasted Warbler
Setophaga castanea
Black-and-white Warbler
Mniotilta varia
Canada Warbler
Cardellina canadensis
Cape May Warbler
Setophaga tigrina
Blackburnian Warbler
Setophaga fusca
American Redstart
Setophaga ruticilla
Cerulean Warbler
Setophaga cerulea
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Worm-eating Warbler at Cahuita National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there