Santa Marta Warbler

Myiothlypis basilica

Near Threatened · IUCN Red List

NTNear ThreatenedEndemicInvertebratesForestSmall · 16 g

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The Santa Marta warbler is 14 to 15 cm (5.5 to 5.9 in) long. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a white central crown, long and wide supercilium, crescent under the eye, crescent on the ear coverts, and throat on an otherwise black head. Their upperparts, wings, and tail are olive-green. Their throat and underparts are yellow. They have a dark iris, a blackish bill, and dull pinkish legs and feet. Voice: The Santa Marta warbler's song is "a fast, high chatter". Its call is "a short weak trill".

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When to see the Santa Marta Warbler

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Santa Marta Warbler

Regular range

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Santa Marta Warbler

The Santa Marta warbler is a Near Threatened species of bird in the family Parulidae, the New World warblers. It is endemic to the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in northern Colombia.

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