Bachman's Warbler - Taxonomy

Taxonomy

This bird was discovered in 1832 by the Reverend John Bachman, who presented study skins and descriptions to his friend and collaborator, John James Audubon. Audubon never saw the bird alive but named it in honor of Bachman in 1833.

Bachman’s Warbler does not have any extremely close relatives, though the Blue-winged and Golden-winged Warblers, also members of the genus Vermivora, are thought to be its closest relatives. It has no known subspecies.