Two-banded Warbler - BirdForum Opus

Subspecies argentinae
Photo © by Stanley Jones
Salta Province, Argentina, October, 2019

Myiothlypis bivittatus

Includes Roraima Warbler

Identification

13·5–14 cm (5¼-5½ in)

• Black crown
• Orange-rufous central crown stripe
• Yellow supercilium

Distribution

Myiothlypis bivittatus, Basileuterus roraimae
Photo by Andy Adcock
La Escalera, Venezuela, 10 January 2016

South America: found in Venezuela, Guyana, Brazil, Peru, Bolivia and Argentina.

Taxonomy

Formerly placed in genus Basileuterus.

Subspecies

There are 3 subspecies^[1]:

• M. b. roraimae:

• Tepuis of south-eastern Venezuela to Guyana and extreme northern Brazil

• M. b. bivittatus:

• Eastern Andes of south-eastern Peru (Cuzco) to western Bolivia

• M. b. argentinae:

• South-eastern Bolivia (south-western Santa Cruz) to north-western Argentina (Jujuy and Salta)

M. b. roraimae is sometimes split as Roraima Warbler^[2].

Habitat

Dense understorey of humid montane forests and cloud forests.

Behaviour

Diet

Little recorded but it is thought their diet consists almost entirely of invertebrates, generally gleaned in the undergrowth.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Mar 2018)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Two-banded Warbler. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 28 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Two-banded_Warbler

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