| Basileuterus | |
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| Golden-crowned warbler (Basileuterus culicivorus) | |
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Parulidae |
| Genus: | Basileuterus Cabanis, 1849 |
| Type species | |
| Basileuterus vermivorus[1] Cabanis, 1849 | |
| Species | |
Many, see text | |
Basileuterus is a genus ofNew World warblers, best represented inCentral andSouth America. This is one of only two warbler genera that are well represented in the latter continent. Some species formerly considered in this genus are now placed in the genusMyiothlypis. It is likely that the ancestors of this genus colonised South America from the family's heartland in northern Central America even before the two continents were linked, and subsequent speciation provided most of the resident warbler species of that region.
These are mainly robust warblers with a stout bill. The majority of species have olive or grey upperparts and yellow underparts. The head is often strikingly marked with a long broad supercilium, a coloured crown or crown stripes, and often other striking head markings.
Many species are not well-studied, but those for which the breeding habits are known all build a domed nest on a bank or on the ground, so this is presumably typical of the genus as a whole.
Formerly, the two members of the genusPhaeothlypis were sometimes included inBasileuterus.
| Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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| Golden-crowned warbler
| Basileuterus culicivorus (Deppe, 1830) Two subspecies
| Mexico and south through Central America to northeastern Argentina and Uruguay, and on Trinidad | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC |
| Three-banded warbler
| Basileuterus trifasciatus Taczanowski, 1880 | Ecuador and Peru | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC |
| Rufous-capped warbler
| Basileuterus rufifrons (Swainson, 1838) | Mexico south to Guatemala, rarely occurring as far north as southeastern Arizona and south Texas. | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC |
| Chestnut-capped warbler
| Basileuterus delattrii Bonaparte, 1854 | Guatemala to Venezuela. | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC |
| Golden-browed warbler
| Basileuterus belli (Giraud, 1841) | El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico. | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC |
| Black-cheeked warbler
| Basileuterus melanogenys Baird, 1865 Three subspecies
| Costa Rica and western Panama. | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC |
| Pirre warbler
| Basileuterus ignotus Nelson, 1912 | Panama and Colombia (Serranía del Darién and Serranía del Baudó) | Size: Habitat: Diet: | VU |
| Three-striped warbler
| Basileuterus tristriatus (Tschudi, 1844) | Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC |
| Yungas warbler | Basileuterus punctipectus (Chapman, 1924) | southeastern Peru to southcentral Bolivia. | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC |
| Black-eared warbler
| Basileuterus melanotis (Lawrence, 1868) | Costa Rica to western Panama | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC |
| Tacarcuna warbler | Basileuterus tacarcunae Chapman, 1924 | eastern Panama to northwestern Colombia | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC |
| Fan-tailed warbler
| Basileuterus lachrymosus Bonaparte, 1850 | Texas, Arizona, Mexico to Nicaragua. | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC |
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