Whistling Warbler (Catharopeza bishopi)

Family
Parulidae (New World Warblers)

Size
14 - 15 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Lawrence, 1878)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. Also, montane moist forest. From 300 - 1,100 m.

Range (Guide)

St Vincent and The Grenadines (B) (NB).

St Vincent, in southern Lesser Antilles.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 3,000 - 5,000 (2010) and decreasing.

Status EN
Destruction of habitat through logging, agriculture is the main threat.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A rising series of notes increasing in volume and ending emphatically.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files

Whistling Warbler (Catharopeza bishopi) [XC188170]
by id from Vermont Nature Trail, St Vincent & Grenadines (song)

Whistling Warbler (Catharopeza bishopi) [XC188171]
by Jesse Fagan from Vermont Nature Trail, St Vincent & Grenadines (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Appears to be closely related to, and sometimes regarded as an aberrant member of genus Dendroica, from which it differs in having characteristic tail-cocking habit. Perhaps closest to Plumbeous Warbler (Setophaga plumbea), Arrowhead Warbler (Setophaga pharetra) and Elfin Woods Warbler (Setophaga angelae), which it resembles in retaining distinctive immature plumage throughout first year until first complete moult.

References
See References.

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