Golden-crowned Warbler Basileuterus auricapilla Basileuterus culicivorus

Golden-crowned Warbler Basileuterus auricapilla
(aka Basileuterus culicivorus)

Brazilian name: Pula-pula

Brazil

The Golden-crowned Warbler is distributed in Brazil and Bolivia south of the Amazon Basin and into adjacent areas of Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay with a disjunct population in Venezuela. See the distribution map at Birdlife International.

It is found low down in forest, woodland and shrubby edges where it is often seen flicking its wing and cocking its tail.

The orange-rufous crown can be hard to see. It is bordered by black stripes and a whitish superciliary. Underparts are yellow.

Golden-crowned Warbler, Serra Bonita, Camacan, Brazil, November 2008 - click for larger image

The HBW and Birdlife International checklist has split B. culicivorus into 3 species: Golden-crowned Warbler B. auricapilla, Stripe-crowned Warbler B. culicivorus of Central America and Yellow-crowned Warbler B. cabanisi of Colombia and Venezuela. There is a page with excellent photos on Wikiaves.

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