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| | [[Image:Citrine_Warbler_by_JDV.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|JDV|JDV}}<br />Cuzco, [[Peru]], April 2011]] | | [[Image:Citrine_Warbler_by_JDV.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|JDV|JDV}}<br />Cuzco, [[Peru]], April 2011]] |
| - | ;[[:category:Basileuterus|Basileuterus]] luteoviridis | + | ;[[:category:Myiothlypis|Myiothlypis]] luteoviridis |
| | + | ''Basileuterus luteoviridis'' |
| | ==Identification== | | ==Identification== |
| | The broad yellow supercilium is a good pointer. How long it is varies geographically. | | The broad yellow supercilium is a good pointer. How long it is varies geographically. |
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| | [[South America]]: found in [[Colombia]], [[Venezuela]], [[Ecuador]], [[Peru]] and [[Bolivia]] | | [[South America]]: found in [[Colombia]], [[Venezuela]], [[Ecuador]], [[Peru]] and [[Bolivia]] |
| | ==Taxonomy== | | ==Taxonomy== |
| - | Placed in genus [[:Category:Myiothlypis|Myiothlypis]] by Clements. | + | Formerly placed in genus [[:Category:Basileuterus|Basileuterus]]. |
| | ====Subspecies==== | | ====Subspecies==== |
| | There are 5 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>: | | There are 5 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>: |
| - | *''B. l. luteoviridis'': | + | *''M. l. luteoviridis'': |
| | :*Eastern Andes of [[Colombia]] to south-western [[Venezuela]] and eastern [[Ecuador]] | | :*Eastern Andes of [[Colombia]] to south-western [[Venezuela]] and eastern [[Ecuador]] |
| - | *''B. l. quindianus'': | + | *''M. l. quindianus'': |
| | :*Central Andes of Colombia (Caldas and Tolima) | | :*Central Andes of Colombia (Caldas and Tolima) |
| - | *''B. l. richardsoni'': | + | *''M. l. richardsoni'': |
| | :*Western Andes of Colombia (Cauca) | | :*Western Andes of Colombia (Cauca) |
| - | *''B. l. striaticeps'': | + | *''M. l. striaticeps'': |
| | :*Andes of northern [[Peru]] (Amazonas to Cuzco) | | :*Andes of northern [[Peru]] (Amazonas to Cuzco) |
| - | *''B. l. euophrys'': | + | *''M. l. euophrys'': |
| | :*Andes of south-western Peru (Puno) to western [[Bolivia]] (La Paz and Cochabamba) | | :*Andes of south-western Peru (Puno) to western [[Bolivia]] (La Paz and Cochabamba) |
| | ==Habitat== | | ==Habitat== |
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| | {{ref}} | | {{ref}} |
| | ==External Links== | | ==External Links== |
| - | {{GSearch|Basileuterus+luteoviridis}} | + | {{GSearch|Myiothlypis+luteoviridis}} |
| - | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Basileuterus]] | + | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Myiothlypis]] |
Current revision
Photo by
JDVCuzco,
Peru, April 2011
- Myiothlypis luteoviridis
Basileuterus luteoviridis
[edit] Identification
The broad yellow supercilium is a good pointer. How long it is varies geographically.
[edit] Variation
The clear yellow areas (supercilium and throat) become more white in western Colombia (richardsoni). The north-eastern subspecies is much darker on upperparts, head and throat.
Photo by
JDVCusco,
Peru (Inca Trail (Religious trail), April 2011
[edit] Distribution
South America: found in Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia
[edit] Taxonomy
Formerly placed in genus Basileuterus.
[edit] Subspecies
There are 5 subspecies[1]:
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- Central Andes of Colombia (Caldas and Tolima)
- Western Andes of Colombia (Cauca)
- Andes of northern Peru (Amazonas to Cuzco)
- Andes of south-western Peru (Puno) to western Bolivia (La Paz and Cochabamba)
[edit] Habitat
High elevation forest and woodland including edges -- especially fond of dense vegetation.
[edit] Behaviour
Mostly found at lower branches and undergrowth where feeding on insects. Joins mixed species flocks
[edit] References
- 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
- Restall et al. 2006. Birds of Northern South America. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300124156
- Ridgely and Tudor 2009. Field guide to the songbirds of South America - The Passerines. University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-71979-8
- Avibase
- Wikipedia
[edit] External Links
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