The white-bellied warbler (Basileuterus culicivorus hypoleucus) is a bird in the family Parulidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay. It resembles the closely related golden-crowned warbler (the two sometimes hybridize), but its underparts are entirely whitish instead of yellow. Recently, the South American Classification committee of the AOU reclassified the white-bellied warbler as a subspecies of the golden-crowned warbler based on studies by Lovette et al. and Vilaca and Santos.
White-bellied warbler | |
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at Extrema, Minas Gerais State, Brazil | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Parulidae |
Genus: | Basileuterus |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | B. c. hypoleucus
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Trinomial name | |
Basileuterus culicivorus hypoleucus Bonaparte, 1850
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Synonyms | |
Basileuterus hypoleucus |
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.