Golden-crowned Warbler

Basileuterus culicivorus

Not Evaluated · IUCN Red List

NENot EvaluatedInvertebratesForestDomed nestTiny · 11 g

What the Golden-crowned Warbler sounds like

Sonogram of the Golden-crowned Warbler: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Rosa Elena Albornoz · Song · Cecilio Acosta (near Caracas), Guaicaipuro, Miranda, Venezuela · CC0 · via xeno-canto

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The golden-crowned warbler is 12.0–13.5 cm (4.7–5.3 in) in overall length. It has grey-green upperparts and bright yellow underparts. The head is grey with a black-bordered yellow crown stripe, a yellow or white supercilium and a black eyestripe. Sexes are similar, but the immature golden-crowned warbler is duller, browner and lacks the head pattern other than the eyestripe. The subspecies fall into four groups.

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When to see the Golden-crowned Warbler

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Golden-crowned Warbler

Regular range

The map shades 18 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Golden-crowned Warbler

The golden-crowned warbler is a small insectivorous bird in the New World warbler family Parulidae. It has a large geographic range that extends from northeastern Mexico south to northern Argentina. The white-bellied warbler was formerly treated as a separate species but is now considered to be conspecific with the golden-crowned warbler.

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Easily confused with

Side by side: Golden-crowned Warbler vs Three-striped Warbler

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