Tacarcuna Warbler

About the Tacarcuna Warbler

The Tacarcuna warbler (Basileuterus tacarcunae) is a species of bird in the family Parulidae, the New World warblers. It is found in Colombia and Panama. The Tacarcuna warbler was formally described in 1924 with its current binomial Basileuterus tacarcunae. For much of the twentieth century it was treated as a subspecies of the three-striped warbler (M. tristriatus). It and other subspecies were recognized as full species based on studies published in 2012 and 2014. But as of July 2026 the South American Classification Committee had not implemented the split.

The Tacarcuna warbler is monotypic. The Tacarcuna warbler is about 13 cm (5.1 in) long. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have an orange crown stripe, a long and thin black stripe below it, and a long pale olive supercilium. Their lores and ear coverts are olive and they have a pale buffy white arc under the eye. Their ear coverts have pale yellow bottom and rear edges. Their upperparts, wings, and tail are warm olive-brown. Their throat is yellowish that becomes mostly pale olive-buff on the breast and a yellower olive-buff on the belly. The sides of their breast and their... Wikipedia →