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Photo by Michael W
Entrance Road to Yanacocha, north-western Ecuador, August 2007

Myiothlypis nigrocristatus

Basileuterus nigrocristatus

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

Andes of Colombia to northern Venezuela, Ecuador and northern Peru.

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].
Formerly placed in genus Basileuterus.

[edit] Habitat

Moist montanes, rain forest and temperate shrub.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
2. Avibase
3. BF Member observations

• List of references

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