Order: Passeriformes | Family: Parulidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown |Loc. Napo, Ecuador
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown |Loc. Napo, Ecuador
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown |Loc. Eastern Andes, Colombia
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown |Loc. Cajamarca, Peru
Status: The Black-crested Warbler is fairly common in the understory and bamboo thickets in humid montane forests of the east and west slopes of the northern Andes. It generally occurs at elevations ranging between 1800-3300 m. The Black-crested Warbler also occurs in Co and Ec.
Name in Spanish: Reinita de Cresta Negra.
Sub-species: Black-crested Warbler (Basileuterus nigrocristata), Lafresnaye, 1840.
Meaning of Name: Myiothlypis: Gr. Muias= fly and thlupis= unidentified small bird, perhaps some sort of finch or warbler. nigrocristata: L. niger= black and cristatus,crista= crested, crest.
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- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 03/01/2016.