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Rufous-capped Warbler

Basileuterus rufifrons (Swainson, WJ 1838)

The rufous-capped warbler is a New World warbler native from Mexico south to Guatemala, rarely occurring as far north as southeastern Arizona and south Texas. Birds in the southern part of the range are now split out as a separate species, as the chestnut-capped warbler. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Parulidae
Genus:
   Basileuterus
Scientific:
  Basileuterus rufifrons

Original description

Citation:
  (Swainson, WJ 1838)

Reference:
   Anim. Menageries [Lardner Cabinet Cyclop. 98]

Protonym:
  Setophaga rufifrons

Type locality:
  Mexico ; restricted to Real Ariba (sic), Veracruz? [Mexico], by Todd, 1929, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 74, art. 7, p. 92.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/92073#page/306/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  AC24B6B5534F24F4

Avibase ID:
  avibase-AC24B6B5

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/AC24B6B5

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 178841

Geographic range:

  • Basileuterus rufifrons: scrub and edge mostly in foothills from southeastern Arizona in western and central Nuevo León in east (northeastern Mexico) southward and joining across the transvolcanic belt, southward (except Yucatán Peninsula) to southern Guatemala and Belize
  • Basileuterus rufifrons rufifrons: mountains of southern Mexico (Puebla to Oaxaca and Chiapas) to northern Guatemala
  • Basileuterus rufifrons caudatus: Sierra Madre Occidental of western Mexico (Sonora to Durango)
  • Basileuterus rufifrons dugesi: mountains of western and central Mexico (southern Sinaloa to Guerrero and Oaxaca)
  • Basileuterus rufifrons jouyi: Sierra Madre Oriental of eastern Mexico (Nuevo León to Veracruz)
  • Basileuterus rufifrons salvini: southern Mexico (southern Veracruz, Tabasco, and Chiapas) to Belize and northern Guatemala
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Source: Clements checklist
English:
Rufous-capped Warbler
Catalan:
bosquerola reial d'orelles roges
Czech:
lesňáček rezavohlavý
Danish:
Brunkronet Tangarsanger
German:
Rotkappen-Waldsänger
Spanish:
Reinita Coronirrufa
Spanish (Spain):
Reinita Coronirrufa
Finnish:
kastanjaposkikerttuli
French:
Paruline à calotte rousse
Croatian:
riđoglava sjeničica
Icelandic:
Kofraskríkja
Italian:
Parula caporossiccio
Japanese (romaji):
kuriboushiamerikamushikui
Japanese:
アカボウシアメリカムシクイ
Lithuanian:
Rausvagalvis nykštukinis parulidas
Dutch:
Roodkapzanger
Norwegian:
Brunkroneparula
Polish:
koronówka rdzawoucha
Portuguese:
Pula-pula-de-capuz-vermelho
Portuguese (Portugal):
mariquita-de-cabeça-ruiva
Russian:
Рыжеголовая корольковка
Slovak:
horárik hrdzavohlavý
Swedish:
Rostkronad skogssångare
Ukrainian:
Коронник рудоголовий
Chinese:
棕顶王森莺
Chinese (Traditional):
棕頂王森鶯

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 62nd suppl.):
Rufous-capped Warbler ( Basileuterus rufifrons) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 63rd suppl.):
Rufous-capped Warbler ( Basileuterus rufifrons) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 64th suppl.):
Rufous-capped Warbler ( Basileuterus rufifrons) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 65th suppl.):
Rufous-capped Warbler ( Basileuterus rufifrons) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Rufous-capped Warbler ( Basileuterus rufifrons) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Rufous-capped Warbler ( Basileuterus rufifrons) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Rufous-capped Warbler ( Basileuterus rufifrons) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Rufous-capped Warbler ( Basileuterus rufifrons) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Rufous-capped Warbler ( Basileuterus rufifrons) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Rufous-capped Warbler ( Basileuterus rufifrons) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Rufous-capped Warbler ( Basileuterus rufifrons) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Rufous-capped Warbler ( Basileuterus rufifrons) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Rufous-capped Warbler ( Basileuterus rufifrons) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Rufous-capped Warbler ( Basileuterus rufifrons) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Rufous-capped Warbler ( Basileuterus rufifrons) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Rufous-capped Warbler ( Basileuterus rufifrons) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Rufous-capped Warbler ( Basileuterus rufifrons) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Rufous-capped Warbler ( Basileuterus rufifrons) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Rufous-capped Warbler ( Basileuterus rufifrons) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024:
Rufous-capped Warbler ( Basileuterus rufifrons) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Rufous-capped Warbler ( Basileuterus rufifrons) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Rufous-capped Warbler ( Basileuterus rufifrons) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Rufous-capped Warbler ( Basileuterus rufifrons) [version 1]
eBird version 2024:
Rufous-capped Warbler ( Basileuterus rufifrons) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Rufous-capped Warbler ( Basileuterus rufifrons) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Rufous-capped Warbler ( Basileuterus rufifrons) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Rufous-capped Warbler ( Basileuterus rufifrons) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Rufous-capped Warbler ( Basileuterus rufifrons) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Rufous-capped Warbler ( Basileuterus rufifrons) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Rufous-capped Warbler ( Basileuterus rufifrons) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Rufous-capped Warbler ( Basileuterus rufifrons) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Rufous-capped Warbler ( Basileuterus rufifrons) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Rufous-capped Warbler ( Basileuterus rufifrons) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Rufous-capped Warbler ( Basileuterus rufifrons) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Rufous-capped Warbler ( Basileuterus rufifrons) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Rufous-capped Warbler ( Basileuterus rufifrons) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Basileuterus [rufifrons or delattrii] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Catalan: bosquerola reial d'orelles roges
Czech: lesňáček rezavohlavý
Danish: Brunkronet Tangarsanger
German: Rotkappen-Waldsänger
English: Rufous-capped Warbler
English, HBW: Rufous-capped Warbler
English (IOC): Rufous-capped Warbler
English (United States): Rufous-capped Warbler
Esperanto: Ruĝkapa parulio
Spanish: Arañero Cabecirrufo, Chipe coronirufa, Chipe gorra rufa, Chipe Gorrirrufo, Chipe rey mexicano, Chiví de Corona Castaña, Reinita cabecicastaña, Reinita Coronirrufa
Spanish (Colombia): Arañero Cabecirrufo
Spanish (Costa Rica): Reinita cabecicastaña
Spanish (Spain): Reinita Coronirrufa
Spanish (Honduras): Chipe coronirufa
Spanish (Mexico): Chipe Gorra Canela Común, chipe gorra rufa, Chipe Gorrirrufo, Chipe rey mexicano
Spanish (Nicaragua): Reinita Cabecicastaña
Spanish (Panama): Reinita Gorricastaña
Spanish (Venezuela): Chiví Corona Castaña
Estonian: valgekulm-selvasäälik
Finnish: kastanjaposkikerttuli
French: Paruline à calotte rousse
Croatian: riđoglava sjeničica
Icelandic: Kofraskríkja
Italian: Parula caporossiccio, Parula reale corona rugginosa
Japanese (romaji): kuriboushiamerikamushikui
Japanese: アカボウシアメリカムシクイ, クリボウシアメリカムシクイ
Scientific: Basileuterus rufifrons, Basileuterus rufifrons rufifrons, Setophaga rufifrons
Lithuanian: Rausvagalvis nykštukinis parulidas
Latvian: bērgalvas ķauķis
Dutch: Roodkapzanger
Norwegian: Brunkroneparula
Polish: koronówka rdzawoucha
Portuguese: Pula-pula-de-capuz-vermelho
Portuguese (Portugal): mariquita-de-cabeça-ruiva
Russian: Рыжеголовая корольковка, Рыжеголовый корольковый певун
Slovak: horárik hrdzavohlavý
Swedish: Rostkronad skogssångare
Turkish: Kızıl Alınlı Ötleğen
Ukrainian: Коронник рудоголовий
Chinese: 棕顶王森莺
Chinese (Traditional): 棕頂王森鶯

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