- Ergaticus versicolor
Photographed at Chicobal Volcano near Quetzaltenango in Western Guatemala.
Identification
According to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species it is classified as Vulnerable. 13 cm. Red warbler with pink head. Whitish-pink head and neck with red forehead and dark lores. Dark red upperparts, darker on wings and tail. Bright pinkish-red underparts. Juvenile pinkish cinnamon-brown. Darker above with blackish wings, two pinkish wing-bars and blackish tail. Voice Song is series of chips and trills. High thin tsiu call.
Distribution
The Pink-headed Warbler Ergaticus versicolor is an endemic New World warbler found in the southwestern highlands of Guatemala and the highlands of the Mexican state of Chiapas.
Taxonomy
Habitat
It inhabits humid to semi-humid pine-oak, pine, and cypress forest with a dense, undisturbed understorey at 1,800-3,500 m, but is most common above 2,800 m. It can tolerate forest edge and disturbed forest with a damaged understorey, but this is likely to be suboptimal habitat.