Basileuterus

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Basileuterus
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Golden-crowned warbler (Basileuterus culicivorus)
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Parulidae
Genus: Basileuterus
Cabanis, 1849
Type species
Basileuterus vermivorus [1]
Cabanis, 1849
Species

Many, see text

Basileuterus is a genus of New World warblers, best represented in Central and South America. This is one of only two warbler genera that are well represented in the latter continent. Some species formerly considered in this genus are now placed in the genus Myiothlypis . It is likely that the ancestors of this genus colonised South America from the family's heartland in northern Central America even before the two continents were linked, and subsequent speciation provided most of the resident warbler species of that region.

Contents

These are mainly robust warblers with a stout bill. The majority of species have olive or grey upperparts and yellow underparts. The head is often strikingly marked with a long broad supercilium, a coloured crown or crown stripes, and often other striking head markings.

Many species are not well-studied, but those for which the breeding habits are known all build a domed nest on a bank or on the ground, so this is presumably typical of the genus as a whole.

Taxonomy

Formerly, the two members of the genus Phaeothlypis were sometimes included in Basileuterus.

Species

Genus Basileuterus Cabanis, 1849 – twelve species
Common nameScientific name and subspeciesRangeSize and ecologyIUCN status and estimated population
Golden-crowned warbler

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Basileuterus culicivorus
(Deppe, 1830)

Two subspecies
Mexico and south through Central America to northeastern Argentina and Uruguay, and on Trinidad
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Three-banded warbler

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Basileuterus trifasciatus
Taczanowski, 1880
Ecuador and Peru
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Rufous-capped warbler

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Basileuterus rufifrons
(Swainson, 1838)
Mexico south to Guatemala, rarely occurring as far north as southeastern Arizona and south Texas.
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Chestnut-capped warbler

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Basileuterus delattrii
Bonaparte, 1854
Guatemala to Venezuela.
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Golden-browed warbler

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Basileuterus belli
(Giraud, 1841)
El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico.Size:

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Black-cheeked warbler

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Basileuterus melanogenys
Baird, 1865

Three subspecies
  • B. m. melanogenys
  • B. m. eximius
  • B. m. bensoni
Costa Rica and western Panama.
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Pirre warbler

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Basileuterus ignotus
Nelson, 1912
Panama and Colombia (Serranía del Darién and Serranía del Baudó)Size:

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Three-striped warbler

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Basileuterus tristriatus
(Tschudi, 1844)
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
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Yungas warbler

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Basileuterus punctipectus
(Chapman, 1924)
southeastern Peru to southcentral Bolivia.
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Black-eared warbler

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Basileuterus melanotis
Lawrence, 1868
Costa Rica to western Panama
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Tacarcuna warbler


Basileuterus tacarcunae
Chapman, 1924
eastern Panama to northwestern Colombia
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Fan-tailed warbler

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Basileuterus lachrymosus
Bonaparte, 1850
Texas, Arizona, Mexico to Nicaragua.
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References

  1. "Parulidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.