Order
Passeriformes
Family
Parulidae
Genus
Basileuterus
 
Neotropical Birds
Version  1.0
This is a historic version of this account.   Current version

Golden-crowned Warbler Basileuterus culicivorus

Justin Phelps, A. M. Contreras-González, Claudia I. Rodríguez-Flores, Carlos A. Soberanes-González, Marîa del Coro Arizmendi, and Alvaro Jaramillo
Version: 1.0 — Published January 20, 2012

Sounds and Vocal Behavior

Vocalizations

The song of the culicivorus group (Central America) is described as "a simple, slightly plaintive, rich warble ending with a strongly up-slurred note: swee-twee wee twee wee-chu or chew chew chew si-wi seeu" (Howell and Webb 1995). Calls include "a hard, dry, wren-like tak or chik, often run into a chatter; also a prolonged, more liquid, churring rattle" (Howell and Webb 1995). The song of the auricapillus group (South America) is described as a "high, thin, chattery song, pits-seet-seet-seet-seet or seet-seet-seet-seet-SEET-sit or [similar], stronger toward [the] end" (Hilty 2003). Calls include "chipping pits and buzzy vreet" notes (Hilty 2003).

Additional vocalizations of Golden-crowned Warbler can be heard at Macaulay Library and at xeno-canto.

Nonvocal Sounds

None reported.

Recommended Citation

Phelps, J., A. M. Contreras-González, C. I. Rodríguez-Flores, C. A. Soberanes-González, M. d. C. Arizmendi, and A. Jaramillo (2012). Golden-crowned Warbler (Basileuterus culicivorus), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/nb.gcrwar.01
Birds of the World

Partnerships

A global alliance of nature organizations working to document the natural history of all bird species at an unprecedented scale.