Worm-Eating Warbler
WEWA- Scientific: Helmitheros vermivorum
- Spanish: Reinita Gusanera
- French: Paruline vermivore
- Family: Wood Warblers
- Bird Code: WEWA
If there is a 3° C increase in temperature due to unmitigated climate change
Predicted percentage of habitat lost
59%
Summer range lost
87%
Winter range lost
Climate and other threats imore info
Habitat
Found in deciduous forests, often containing oak trees on steep slopes with a dense understory of dogwood, holly, rhododendron, or laurel.
Range
Breeds in much of the eastern US, migrating through Texas, Florida, and Eastern Mexico to winter in southeast Mexico and parts of Latin America, Cuba, and the Dominican Republic.
Did you know?
Female Worm-eating Warblers, rarely leave their nest during the end of the incubation period. If they are flushed by an interloper, they flutter down to the ground and pretend to be injured in a ruse to lure predators away from her eggs.