Rufous-capped Warbler (Basileuterus rufifrons)
About the Rufous-capped Warbler
The rufous-capped warbler (Basileuterus rufifrons) is a species of bird in the family Parulidae, the New World warblers. It is found in Belize, Guatemala, and Mexico. It also occurs as a casual visitor to the U. S. states of Arizona and Texas. The rufous-capped warbler has a complicated taxonomic history. It was formally described in 1838 with the binomial Setophaga rufifrons. For a time in the nineteenth century it was placed in a new genus Idiotes. In 1902 Robert Ridgway assigned it to its present genus Basileuterus. By the end of the twentieth century it had been assigned eight subspecies, several of which had been treated by various authors as full species.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 205 recordings for this species: 6 CC BY-NC-SA · 3 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Fan-tailed WarblerBasileuterus lachrymosusrecording
- Golden-crowned WarblerBasileuterus culicivorusrecording
- Three-banded WarblerBasileuterus trifasciatusrecording
- Three-striped WarblerBasileuterus tristriatusrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.