Riverbank Warbler - BirdForum Opus

Alternative name: Neotropical River Warbler

Photo by Francisco Paludo
Casa da Rosane Taborda, Morretes, PR, Brazil, June 2017

Myiothlypis rivularis

Identification

13·5 cm (5¼ in)

• Blackish crown
• White supercilium
• Black eye-stripe
• Greyish face
• White throat
• Green upperparts, rump and outer tail feathers
• White lower breast and underparts with greenish wash

Distribution

South America: found in Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina.

Taxonomy

Formerly placed in genus Basileuterus or in genus Phaeothlypis by Clements.

Subspecies

There are 3 subspecies^[1]:

• M. r. mesoleuca:

• East Venezuela to the Guianas and northern Brazil

• M. r. rivularis:

• East Paraguay to south-eastern Brazil and north-eastern Argentina

• M. r. boliviana:

• Foothills of Bolivia (La Paz, Cochabamba, Santa Cruz and Tarija)

Habitat

Lowland rainforests and forest edges, along rivers and streams; especially swampy areas.

Behaviour

They constantly wag their tails both up and down and sideways.

Diet

Their main diet consists of insects and arthropods, which they forage for on the ground, on fallen logs and in streamsides.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved June 2017)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2021) Riverbank Warbler. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 29 April 2021 from https://www.birdforum.net/wiki/Riverbank_Warbler

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