Birds of the World

    PASSERIFORMES: Parulidae (New World Warblers)  
Genus: Basileuterus (12 species)


Golden-browed Warbler
Golden-browed Warbler (Basileuterus belli)
Range: MA: Mexico to Honduras
Mexico  
   
Photograph by Adam Searcy     Copyright and usage info


Golden-crowned Warbler
Golden-crowned Warbler (Basileuterus culicivorus godmani)
Range: MA, SA: widespread
Fortuna Forest Reserve, Panama  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Golden-crowned Warbler
Golden-crowned Warbler (Basileuterus culicivorus)
Range: MA, SA: widespread
San Jeronimo, Antioquia, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Golden-crowned Warbler
Golden-crowned Warbler (Basileuterus culicivorus)
Range: MA, SA: widespread
Brazil
  The White-bellied Warbler, found in Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay and Argentina, is now considered a subspecies of the Golden-crowned Warbler.
   
Photograph by Rodrigo Conte   © All Rights Reserved.

Golden-crowned Warbler
Golden-crowned Warbler (Basileuterus culicivorus)
Range: MA, SA: widespread
Nova Friburgo, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

A widespread non-migratory warbler. Note thick white brow in South American races. May be split soon (Yellow-crowned in Colombia,Venezuela and Stripe-crowned in Panama/Costa Rica in the HBW taxonomy).

Chestnut-capped Warbler
Chestnut-capped Warbler (Basileuterus delattrii mesochrysus)
Range: MA, SA: s Guatemala to n Colombia and w Venezuela
Copacabana, Antioquia, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Pirre Warbler
Pirre Warbler (Basileuterus ignotus) Vulnerable
Range: MA, SA: Panama and Colombia
Darien National Park, Panama
  Very similar to the Black-cheeked Warbler one mountain range further north.
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Fan-tailed Warbler
Fan-tailed Warbler (Basileuterus lachrymosus)
Range: MA: Mexico to Nicaragua
Chiapas, Mexico  
   
Photograph by Francesco Veronesi     Copyright and usage info


Black-cheeked Warbler
Black-cheeked Warbler (Basileuterus melanogenys eximius)
Range: MA: Costa Rica and Panama
Guadalupe, Panama  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Black-eared Warbler
Black-eared Warbler (Basileuterus melanotis)
Range: MA: Costa Rica and w Panama
Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Tim Lenz     Copyright and usage info

The Central American version of the Three-striped Warbler, also called the Costa Rican Warbler.

Yungas Warbler
Yungas Warbler (Basileuterus punctipectus)
Range: SA: se Peru to sc Bolivia
Chapare, Bolivia  
   
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.

Split from the Three-striped Warbler, a bit less yellow but otherwise similar, and found in the 'yungas' cloud forests in southeast Peru and Bolivia.

Rufous-capped Warbler
Rufous-capped Warbler (Basileuterus rufifrons)
Range: MA: Mexico to c Guatemala:
San Francisco, Chiapas, Mexico
  Note light grey belly and nape in Mexico.
   
Photograph by Nigel Voaden   © All Rights Reserved.

Seen up to about 1000m. The Rufous-capped Warbler has a light-grey belly and nape in Mexico. The races south of Mexico are sometimes called the Chestnut-capped Warbler.

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Tacarcuna Warbler (Basileuterus tacarcunae)
Range: MA, SA: e Panama and nw Colombia
   


Similar to the Pirre Warbler (Darien) and Black-cheeked Warbler (Panama/Costa Rica), but found on the Tacarcuna mountain range.

Three-banded Warbler
Three-banded Warbler (Basileuterus trifasciatus)
Range: SA: Ecuador, Peru
Abra Porculla, Peru  
   
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.


Three-striped Warbler
Three-striped Warbler (Basileuterus tristriatus auricularis)
Range: SA: Venezuela to c Peru
La Romera, Itagui, Antioquia, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Common and widespread. Moves in small groups at all levels of forest, sometimes with mixed flocks.


© Tom Friedel - All Rights Reserved, except for images and data otherwise noted.       Colombia       Panama       Ecuador       Costa Rica       Mexico
Experimental sites:       Peru       Venezuela       The World       Brazil       Bolivia
Really Experimental sites:       Guyana       Cuba