Gray-and-gold Warbler - BirdForum Opus

Photo © by Stanley Jones
Along Rio Marañon between Jaén and Bagua Grande, Cajamarca Department, Peru,November 2013

Myiothlypis fraseri

Basileuterus fraseri

Identification

14 cm

Distribution

South America: found in Ecuador and Peru.

Taxonomy

Formerly placed in genus Basileuterus.

Subspecies

Photo © by mmdnje
Cerro Blanco, Ecuador

There are 2 subspecies^[1]:

• M. f. ochraceicrista:

• Arid tropical western Ecuador (Manabí to El Oro) and Isla Puná

• M. f. fraseri:

• Central Ecuador (Chimborazo) to north-western Peru (Lambayeque) - this form on both sides of the Andes.

Habitat

Highly disturbed riparian rain forest at ca. 440 m (1,443 ft) elevation.

Behaviour

Diet

Their main diet appears to be invertebrates.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. BF Member observations
4. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved May 2014)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Gray-and-gold Warbler. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 8 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Gray-and-gold_Warbler

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