Fan-tailed Warbler (Basileuterus lachrymosus)

Other Names (World)
Fan-tailed Warbler, Neotropical Fan-tailed Warbler, American Fan-tailed Warbler

Family
Parulidae (New World Warblers)

Size
15 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Bonaparte, 1850)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest. From sea-level - 1,200 m.

Range (Guide)

El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, USA.

Northern Mexico south to north-western Nicaragua.

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

Population
Estimated population is 50,000 - 499,999 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (16)...)

Fan-tailed Warbler (Basileuterus lachrymosus) [XC223011]
by Frank Lambert from Cerro de San Juan, Nayarit, Mexico (song)

Fan-tailed Warbler (Basileuterus lachrymosus) [XC291705]
by Jesper Bay Jacobsen from Parque Nacional El Imposible, El Salvador, El Salvador (song)

Subspecies
Affinities uncertain. Generally considered closest to Basileuterus, and genus sometimes subsumed in latter; in bill shape and long, graduated tail resembles Icteria, but this may be due to convergence. Paler birds in north of range described as subspecies tephra and darker ones in southern as schistacea, but differences are clinal and naming of subspecies appears unwarranted.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

tephrus (Ridgway, 1902) - Western Mexico.
schistaceus (Dickey & van Rossem, 1926) - South-western Mexico.
lachrymosus Bonaparte, 1850 - Tropical western Mexico (south-eastern Sonora) to north-central Nicaragua.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Fan-tailed Warbler (Basileuterus lachrymosus) - 10 files

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