Birds of Peru

    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.

Grey-and-gold Warbler
Grey-and-gold Warbler (Myiothlypis fraseri fraseri)
Jorupe Reserve, Loja, Ecuador  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.


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).

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.

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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