Ecuador
Black-crested Warbler
Myiothlypis nigrocristatus
(L 5.25")
In the understory and scrub
high in the Andes...from
Venezuela to north Peru.
Acanama Reserve
21Feb2013
flash photos
More than 50 species of warblers
inhabit North America in summer. As
insect-eaters, aslmost all leave for the
tropics in winter.
(Kenn Kaufman)
Myiothlypis in Greek means
unidentified smallbird
(warbler); nigrocristatus in
Latin means
black crested.
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