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Photo by Michael W
Milpe Bird Sanctuary, NW Ecuador
chlorophrys, Choco Warbler

Myiothlypis chrysogaster

Includes: Choco Warbler

[edit] Identification

Overall drab greenish-yellow, but note the two distinctive dark stripes on the crown. Dark eye, orange/pink legs and feet.

[edit] Distribution

Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.

[edit] Taxonomy

Two subspecies:

• M. c. chrysogaster on the eastern slopes of the Peruvian Andes
• M. c. chlorophrys from Central Colombia to central Ecuador

Chlorophrys is sometimes split as full species, Choco Warbler.
Formerly placed in genus Basileuterus.

[edit] Habitat

[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

• List of references

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