Buff-rumped Warbler

Photo: firecrest15
La Selva Biological Research Station, Costa Rica, May 2009

Myiothlypis fulvicauda

Basileuterus fulvicauda

Identification

13-13.5 cm

• Dark olive brown upperparts
• White underparts
• Grey head
• Buff supercilium
• Buff rump, flanks and upper tail
• Black lower tail
  

Sexes similar
Juvenile

• Brown upperparts, head and breast
• Paler rump

Distribution

Central and South America
Central America: Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama
South America: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil

Taxonomy

Formerly placed in genus Basileuterus or in Phaeothlypis.

Subspecies^[1]

There are 6 subspecies.

• M. f. leucopygia:

• Tropical north-central Honduras to western Panama (Veraguas)

• M. f. veraguensis:

• Tropical south-western Costa Rica to central Panama (Canal Zone)

• M. f. semicervina:

• Tropical eastern Panama (Darién) to north-western Peru (Tumbes and Piura)

• M. f. motacilla:

• Northern Colombia (upper Magdalena Valley in Tolima and Huila)

• M. f. fulvicauda::
• Tropical eastern Colombia to Ecuador, Peru (Junín) and extreme western Brazil
• M. f. significans:

• Tropical south-eastern Peru (Inambari and Tambopata drainages) to north-western Bolivia

Habitat

Rain forest and forest edges of secondary growth up to 1500m, near water.

Behaviour

Breeding

Both parents build a domed nest with side entrance; it is placed on a sloping bank. The 2 white eggs are incubated for 16-17 days; the young fledge 13-14 days later.

Diet

The diet includes insects, spiders and small invertebrates.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
2. Avibase
3. Wikipedia

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Buff-rumped Warbler. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 8 September 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Buff-rumped_Warbler

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