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 
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| 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 | |
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Basileuterus hypoleucus | |
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
References
edit- Lovette, I. J. et al. 2010. A comprehensive multilocus phylogeny for the wood-warblers and a revised classification of the Parulidae (Aves). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 57: 753–770.
- Vilaca, S. T., and F. R. Santos. 2010. Biogeographic history of the species complex Basileuterus culicivorus (Aves, Parulidae). Molecular Phylogenetics Evolution 57: 585–597.
- BirdLife International 2004. Basileuterus hypoleucus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 25 July 2007.
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