Birds of Bolivia

    PASSERIFORMES: Parulidae (New World Warblers)  
Genus: Myiothlypis (8 species, 18 worldwide)


Two-banded Warbler
Two-banded Warbler (Myiothlypis bivittata bivittata)
Manu National Park, Peru
  An individual with pale bands and no red crown between them.
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Compare to Pale-legged Warbler, but note dark stripe around red crown and lower altitude.

Cuzco Warbler
Cuzco Warbler (Myiothlypis chrysogaster)
Cuzco, Peru  
   
Photograph by Robert Lewis   © All Rights Reserved.


Russet-crowned Warbler
Russet-crowned Warbler (Myiothlypis coronata regulus)
San Sebastian Reserve, Envigado, Antioquia, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Common and widespread in Andean cloudforests.

Flavescent Warbler
Flavescent Warbler (Myiothlypis flaveola flaveola)
Brazil  
   
Photograph by Rodrigo Conte   © All Rights Reserved.

Flavescent Warbler
Flavescent Warbler (Myiothlypis flaveola flaveola)
Serra do Cipó NP, Minas Gerais, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.

Totally yellow (flavescent) unlike similar birds, and with orange legs. Although mainly found in Venezuela eastern South America, there are now several photo records from west Colombia.

Buff-rumped Warbler
Buff-rumped Warbler (Myiothlypis fulvicauda)
Rio Claro Canyon Reserve, Antioquia, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Found in small groups along streams. Often lifts tail. Loud call doesn't sound like a warbler.

Citrine Warbler
Citrine Warbler (Myiothlypis luteoviridis euophrys)
Wayqecha, Peru
  The race from south Peru to Bolivia has a yellow brow.
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Citrine Warbler
Citrine Warbler (Myiothlypis luteoviridis)
Ucumarí Regional Park, Pereira, Colombia
  Note thick eyebrow.
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Note pink legs (hemispingus have black legs) and thick buff/white brow (yellow brow in south Peru and Boliva and sometimes considered a separate species).

Riverbank Warbler
Riverbank Warbler (Myiothlypis rivularis rivularis)
Vale do Ribeira, Registro-SP, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Dario Sanches     Copyright and usage info


Pale-legged Warbler
Pale-legged Warbler (Myiothlypis signata flavovirens)
Cotapata, La Paz, Peru  
   
Photograph by Joe Tobias   © All Rights Reserved.

Most similar to the Two-banded Warbler, but found at higher altitudes (over 1800m.), and without the red crown with black border. Similar birds with dark legs are usually tanagers (hemispingus).


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