Photo © by Stanley Jones
Cock of the Rock Lodge, Challabamba, Parque Nacional del Manu, Madre de Dios Department, Peru, September 2018
- Myiothlypis chrysogaster
Identification
13 cm (5 in)
Overall drab greenish-yellow, but note the two distinctive dark stripes on the crown. Dark eye, orange/pink legs and feet.
Distribution
South America: east slope of Andes of central and southern Peru (Huánuco and extreme southwestern Loreto south to Puno) and western Bolivia (La Paz).
Taxonomy
Formerly included in Golden-bellied Warbler together with Choco Warbler. Formerly placed in genus Basileuterus.
Subspecies
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Rainforest.
Behaviour
Diet
Their diet consists almost entirely of invertebrates.
Breeding
There is no information on breeding behaviour.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2023. IOC World Bird List (v 13.2). Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.13.2. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
- Avibase
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved April 2014 and November 2018)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Cuzco Warbler. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 4 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Cuzco_Warbler
External Links
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