Birds of Colombia

    PASSERIFORMES: Parulidae (New World Warblers)  
Genus: Myiothlypis (9 species, 18 worldwide)


Santa Marta Warbler
Santa Marta Warbler (Myiothlypis basilica) Near Threatened ENDEMIC
ProAves El Dorado Reserve, Santa Marta Sierra Nevada, Magdalena, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Replaces the Three-striped Warbler in the Santa Marta Sierra Nevada, and seems to prefer higher altitudes there (over 2000m, and up to 3000m). Often with chusquea bamboo (HBW).

Choco Warbler
Choco Warbler (Myiothlypis chlorophrys)
Farallones National Park, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Split from the Golden-bellied Warbler found in Peru.

Grey-throated Warbler
Grey-throated Warbler (Myiothlypis cinereicollis cinereicollis) Near Threatened
Laguna Tabacal, La Vega, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


White-lored Warbler
White-lored Warbler (Myiothlypis conspicillata) Near Threatened ENDEMIC
Santa Marta Sierra Nevada, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Replaces the Russet-crowned Warbler in the Santa Marta Sierra Nevada. Relatively common.

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)
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).

Black-crested Warbler
Black-crested Warbler (Myiothlypis nigrocristata)
Hacienda del Bosque, Manizales, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Found in Andean forests from 2000m up to 3500m.


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