Birds of the World

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


Santa Marta Warbler
Santa Marta Warbler (Myiothlypis basilica) Near Threatened
Range: SA: ne Colombia
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).

Two-banded Warbler
Two-banded Warbler (Myiothlypis bivittata bivittata)
Range: SA: Peru to nw Argentina
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.

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

Split from the Golden-bellied Warbler found in Peru.

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


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


White-lored Warbler
White-lored Warbler (Myiothlypis conspicillata) Near Threatened
Range: SA: n Colombia
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)
Range: SA: Venezuela to c Bolivia
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)
Range: SA: Colombia and Venezuela to ne Argentina
Brazil  
   
Photograph by Rodrigo Conte   © All Rights Reserved.

Flavescent Warbler
Flavescent Warbler (Myiothlypis flaveola flaveola)
Range: SA: Colombia and Venezuela to ne Argentina
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.

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


Buff-rumped Warbler
Buff-rumped Warbler (Myiothlypis fulvicauda)
Range: MA, SA: Honduras to n Bolivia
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.

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Grey-headed Warbler (Myiothlypis griseiceps)
Range: SA: n Venezuela
   



White-rimmed Warbler
White-rimmed Warbler (Myiothlypis leucoblephara leucoblephara)
Range: SA: se
Recanto Curva da Ferradura, Serra da Gaciosa - Morretes, PR, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Rodrigo Conte   © All Rights Reserved.


White-striped Warbler
White-striped Warbler (Myiothlypis leucophrys)
Range: SA: sc Brazil
Parque Nacional de Brasilia, DF, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Rodrigo Conte   © All Rights Reserved.


Citrine Warbler
Citrine Warbler (Myiothlypis luteoviridis euophrys)
Range: SA: Venezuela to n Bolivia
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)
Range: SA: Venezuela to n Bolivia
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)
Range: SA: Venezuela to Peru
Hacienda del Bosque, Manizales, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

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

Riverbank Warbler
Riverbank Warbler (Myiothlypis rivularis rivularis)
Range: SA: n, se, sc
Vale do Ribeira, Registro-SP, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Dario Sanches     Copyright and usage info


Roraiman Warbler
Roraiman Warbler (Myiothlypis roraimae)
Range: SA: se Venezuela, w Guyana and n Brazil
Venezuela  
   
Photograph by David Ascanio - www.abtbirds.com   © All Rights Reserved.

Most closely related to the Two-banded Warbler and probably has a wider distrubution in Guyana than shown in our map (HBW).

Pale-legged Warbler
Pale-legged Warbler (Myiothlypis signata flavovirens)
Range: SA: Peru to nw Argentina
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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