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New World Warblers (Parulidae)

Golden-browed Warbler (Basileuterus belli) - HBW 15, p. 794

French: Paruline à sourcils dorés German: Goldstreif-Waldsänger Spanish: Reinita Cejidorada
Other common names: Bell's Warbler

Taxonomy: Muscicapa belli Giraud, 1841, "Texas"; error = Mount Orizaba, Veracruz, Mexico.
Affinities uncertain; probably closest to B. rufifrons. Races intergrade. Geographical variation to some extent clinal, upperparts tending to become duller and extent and width of black upper border to supercilium (lateral crownstripe) decreasing from N to S. Five subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

  • bateli R. T. Moore, 1946 - W Mexico (SE Sinaloa and W Durango S to Michoacán and México).
  • belli (Giraud, 1841) - E Mexico (SW Tamaulipas and E San Luis Potosí S to N Oaxaca and C Veracruz).
  • clarus Ridgway, 1902 - S Mexico (S Morelos, S Michoacán, Guerrero and extreme W Oaxaca).

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  • bateli R. T. Moore, 1946 - W Mexico (SE Sinaloa and W Durango S to Michoacán and México).
  • belli (Giraud, 1841) - E Mexico (SW Tamaulipas and E San Luis Potosí S to N Oaxaca and C Veracruz).
  • clarus Ridgway, 1902 - S Mexico (S Morelos, S Michoacán, Guerrero and extreme W Oaxaca).
  • scitulus Nelson, 1900 - SE Mexico (E Veracruz, E Oaxaca and Chiapas) S to W Honduras and NW El Salvador.
  • subobscurus Wetmore, 1940 - C Honduras.
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