Three-striped Warbler - BirdForum Opus

Subspecies daedalus
Photo © by Robert Scanlon
Near Cali, Colombia, 2nd May 2004

Basileuterus tristriatus

Identification

13cm (5 in)

• Olive-green overall plumage
• Black and white striped head
• Yellowish chest and belly
• Brown legs

Variation

In some areas/subspecies, the birds show a yellow central crown stripe and overall a brighter plumage.

Distribution

Subspecies tristriatus
Photo © by NJLarsen
Tapichalaca, Zamora-Chinchipe, southeast Ecuador, 13 June 2019

South America: found in Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Peru. Mostly in the Andes or in other mountain areas nearby.

Taxonomy

Costa Rican Warbler, Tacarcuna Warbler and Yungas Warbler were formerly included in this species.

Subspecies

Clements recognizes these subspecies[1]:

• B. t. sanlucasensis:

• Serrania de San Lucas (Bolívar, north central Colombia)

• B. t. daedalus:

• Western and central Andes of Colombia and western Ecuador

• B. t. auricularis

• Eastern and central Andes of Colombia and southwest Venezuela

• B. t. meridanus

• Andes of western Venezuela

• B. t. bessereri

• Mountains of northern Venezuela

• B. t. pariae

• northeast Venezuela

• B. t. baezae

• Andes of eastern Ecuador

• B. t. tristriatus

• Andes of southeast Ecuador to central Peru
  

Habitat

Humid mid and lower montane forests and forest edges

Behaviour

Breeding

Observed nesting in shallow depression hidden by foliage in embankment.

Diet

Their diet is thought to consist almost entirely of invertebrates.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2014. IOC World Bird Names (version 4.4). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
3. Birdforum thread discussing the taxonomy of this species

Curson, J. & de Juana, E. (2019). Three-striped Warbler (Basileuterus tristriatus). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from https://www.hbw.com/node/61557 on 11 August 2019).

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Three-striped Warbler. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 27 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Three-striped_Warbler

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