Chestnut-capped Warbler

Basileuterus delattrii Bonaparte, 1854

Chestnut-capped Warbler, Basileuterus delattrii, is a passerine in the New World warbler family and breeds in Middle America and northern South America, from southern Guatemala to northern Colombia and western Venezuela. It was described by Bonaparte in 1854. The species is a resident bird and is recognised in three forms. Its range is split across Central America and parts of Colombia and Venezuela, with one form also recorded on Coiba Island off western Panama. It is associated with dry to moist woodland, secondary growth, forest edges and shade coffee plantations.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Parulidae — New World Warblers

Breeding range

Middle America, South America: s Guatemala to n Colombia and w Venezuela