Gray-and-gold Warbler

About the Gray-and-gold Warbler

The grey-and-gold warbler (Myiothlypis fraseri) is a species of bird in the family Parulidae, the New World warblers. It is found in Ecuador and Peru. The grey-and-gold warbler was formally described in 1884 with the binomial Basileuterus fraseri. The specific epithet fraseri honors Louis Fraser, who collected the first specimen. By 2007 taxonomic systems had begun to resurrect genus Myiothlypis, which had been erected in 1850, for the grey-and-gold warbler and many other species.

The grey-and-gold warbler has two subspecies, the nominate M. f. fraseri (Sclater, PL, 1884) and M. f. ochraceicrista (Chapman, 1921). The grey-and-gold warbler is about 14 cm (5.5 in) long. Males weigh an average of 12 g (0.42 oz) and females average 12 g (0.42 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a lemon-yellow crown stripe with black borders, black lores, and a white streak above the lores on an otherwise blue-gray face. The center of their back is dull olive and the rest of their upperparts are blue-gray. Their wings and tail are blackish gray with blue-gray feather edges. Their chin is white and the rest of their... Wikipedia →