Golden-browed Warbler

By Charlie • March 28, 2005 • 2 comments

Golden-browed Warbler Basileuterus belli belli
Desierto de los Leones, Mexico City, 26 March 2005

The only species of Basileuterus endemic to northern Central America, the Golden-browed Warbler is fairly common and found in pine-oak forest (like that at Desierto de los Leones) and cloud forest with a dense understory from 1300-3500m. Birds are sedentary and pairs remain on territory throughout the year.

Five races occur, though all intergrade where they meet. B.b bateli occurs in Western Mexico through to the Districto Federal where it intergrades with B. b. belli - however belli usually shows dark lores (as in the bird in the photo below) rather than rufous. The other races range from southern Mexico through Guatemala and Honduras, well to the south of this individual.
(Adapted from “New World Warblers”, Curson J. et al, Helm 1994.)

golden-browed warbler

All photos copyright Charlie Moores

Tags: los leones, mexico, wood-warblers

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Charlie

Charlie works for an airline and has birded all over the world for twenty years. He wants to be a writer, and thinks no-one would believe his life could be so charmed if he didn't take photos of as many of the birds he sees as possible. Blogging with 10,000 Birds fits his aims, needs, and insecurities perfectly. Really - do birders get much more fortunate than this?

2 Responses to “Golden-browed Warbler”

Georgia Conti Jun 1st, 2009 at 10:34 pm

Dear Charlie-

I offer open to the public and free birding outings around Patzcuaro, Mexico, and I am training a local person to be a bird guide. Although many people come to our area to see and photograph wintering monarch butterflies, few people know about our birds. I am writing to ask permission to add one of your photos of a golden-browed warbler to my blog. I am not a photographer; my point and shoot digital camera died last month and I only just replaced it.
Charlie Jun 3rd, 2009 at 7:36 am

Hi Georgia

Many thanks for mailing me. I have no problem at all you using a photo on your wonderful blog. Let me know which one/s you’d like and I’ll send you one/some. If you’d be good enough to credit Charlie Moores/10000birds.com I’d be grateful.

Incidentally, have you thought of joining the Nature Blog Network (http://natureblognetwork.com/)? It’s a really good way of promoting your blog and IMHO more people should be reading it! The NBN’s absolutely free and though Mike (who set it up) is a colleague on 10,000 Birds I always recommend it independently as it’s worked for so many people and there’s a really nice community feel to it. No problem if you’re not interested but thought I’d mention it.

Cheers

Charlie

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