Pale-legged Warbler - BirdForum Opus

Subspecies flavovirens
Photo © by Stanley Jones
Jujuy Province, Argentina, October, 2019

Myiothlypis signata

Myiothlypis signatus
Basileuterus signatus

Identification

13·5 cm (5¼ in)

Yellow supercilium and lower eye crescent
Olive-green head and upperparts
Dark iris
Black bill
Yellowish legs

Distribution

South America: found in Peru, Bolivia and Argentina

Taxonomy

Formerly placed in genus Basileuterus.

Subspecies

There are 2 subspecies^[1]:

M. s. signata:

Andes of central Peru (Junín to Cuzco)

M. s. flavovirens:

Andes of south-eastern Peru (southern Cuzco and Puno) to western Bolivia and north-western Argentina

Habitat

Moist montane forests, forest edges; dense undergrowth along streamsides, at heights from 1500 to 3050 m, though generally above 1800m.

Behaviour

Diet

There's not a lot of information available. It is thought they eat mostly on invertebrates, foraging near the ground in the understorey. They will sometimes flycatch.

Breeding

Virtually no information; juveniles observed in December and February in central Peru.

References

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/
Avibase
Curson, J. (2020). Pale-legged Warbler (Myiothlypis signata), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.palwar1.01

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Recommended Citation

BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Pale-legged Warbler. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 4 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Pale-legged_Warbler

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