Birds of Costa Rica

    PASSERIFORMES: Parulidae (New World Warblers)  
Genus: Basileuterus (4 species, 12 worldwide)


Golden-crowned Warbler
Golden-crowned Warbler (Basileuterus culicivorus godmani)
Fortuna Forest Reserve, Panama  
   
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Golden-crowned Warbler
Golden-crowned Warbler (Basileuterus culicivorus)
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)
Copacabana, Antioquia, Colombia  
   
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Black-cheeked Warbler
Black-cheeked Warbler (Basileuterus melanogenys eximius)
Guadalupe, Panama  
   
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Black-eared Warbler
Black-eared Warbler (Basileuterus melanotis)
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.


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