Black-cheeked Warbler
Basileuterus melanogenys
(L 5" Wt 0.46 oz)
Savegre Lodge
05Feb2010
Endemic to Costa Rica and Panama
...from 2500 m to the timberline.
...from 2500 m to the timberline.
Basileuterus is Greek for more
kingly also a small bird
mentioned by Aristotle;
melanobenys is Greek for
black-cheeked.
kingly also a small bird
mentioned by Aristotle;
melanobenys is Greek for
black-cheeked.
© David L.
Ross, Jr.
Macaulay
Library
Ross, Jr.
Macaulay
Library
© eBird
Peter Conder (British ornithologist and
conservationist) spent the Second
World War in prison camps in Germany.
He survived by watching birds.
conservationist) spent the Second
World War in prison camps in Germany.
He survived by watching birds.
(Helen Macdonald)