Golden-browed Warbler

About the Golden-browed Warbler

The golden-browed warbler (Basileuterus belli) is a species of bird in the family Parulidae, the New World warblers. It is found in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico. The golden-browed warbler was formally described in 1841 with the binomial Muscicapa belli and the English name "Bell's Fly Catcher". It has these five subspecies:

B. b. bateli Moore, RT, 1946 B. b. belli (Giraud Jr, 1841) B. b. clarus Ridgway, 1902 B. b. scitulus Nelson, 1900 B. b. subobscurus Wetmore, 1940 The golden-browed warbler is 13 cm (5.1 in) long and weighs 7 to 13 g (0.25 to 0.46 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies B. b. belli have blackish lores and a rufous crown and ear coverts with a thin black line below the crown and a long bright yellow supercilium between the black line and the ear coverts. Their nape, upperparts, wings, and tail are bright olive-green. Their throat and underparts are mostly bright yellow with an olive wash on the sides of the breast and their flanks. Juveniles have an olive-brown head and upperparts. Their greater and median upperwing coverts have cinnamon-buff tips that show as two wing... Wikipedia →