Belize Biodiversity Information System NAME - Golden-winged Warbler FAMILY - Emerizidae SCIENTIFIC NAME - Vermivora chrysoptera SYNONYMS - Motacilla chrysoptera - Linnaeus, 1766 REFERENCES - 1 National abundance, Conservation or Economic Status Reference Winter visitor - migrant. 24 Winter visitor - migrant. 3 Apparently secure in Belize 22 Rare: low density, unlikely to be seen, few localities 22 Of concern: cayes and coastal zone 21 PIF-1 Pri. 4, winters s. Mexican border 19 PIF Trend: Significant Decline 19 Transient, present briefly as migrant. 3 U.S. Migratory Bird Treaty 16 District Reference Belize 8 Cayo 5 Toledo 4 Administrative Unit Occurrence Temporal Reference Chiquibul National Park Sighting December 23 Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve 11 Chiquibul Forest Reserve Sighting Dry season 9 Columbia River Forest Reserve 18 Columbia River Forest Reserve 4 Rio Bravo Conservation Area Dry season 13 Gallon Jug 12 Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary 15 Chiquibul National Park 14 Half Moon Caye Natural Monument 12 Caracol Archaeological Reserve Dry season 7 Private land, see comments Collected as voucher 20 Private land, see comments 15 Caye Caulker 8 Hydrologic Association Reference Raspaculo River 9 Elevation Reference 1100-1200 m 23 1-200 m 15 1-200 m 17 1-200 m 20 201-400 m 15 601-800 m 18 1:50,000 Quadrangle Reference 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 00' to 88 15' 8 17 30' to 17 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 12 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' 15 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 00' to 88 15' 8 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 30' to 88 45' 17 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 17 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 5 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 30' to 88 45' 17 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 30' to 88 45' 5 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 00' to 88 10' 10 16 45' to 17 00'; 89 00' to 89 15' 14 16 45' to 17 00'; 89 00' to 89 15' 7 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 45' to 89 00' 9 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 15 16 15' to 16 30'; 89 00' to 89 15' 18 16 15' to 16 30'; 89 00' to 89 15' 23 16 15' to 16 30'; 89 00' to 89 15' 4 17 45' to 18 00'; 89 00' to 89 15' 13 Holdridge Life Zone Reference Tropical moist-transition to Subtropical 17 Tropical moist-transition to Subtropical 15 Subtropical moist 20 Subtropical moist 15 Subtropical Lower Montane moist 23 Subtropical Lower Montane moist 18 General Distribution Comments 24* Rare northern semideciduous moist forest. Rare southern moist-wet evergreen broadleaf forests. Common sub-tropical lower montane forest. 14* Male seen 1 mi. SW Guacamallo Bridge 4* Fairly common Union Camp; Uncommon Gloria Camp. 3* Transient winter visitor, rare northern and southern hardwood forests and Mountain Pine Ridge ; fewer than five records offshore cayes. References 1 A.O.U. 1983. Checklist of North American Birds. 6th Ed. 2 A.O.U. 1985, 1987, 1989. 35th-37th Supplements. 3 Wood, D.S.,R. C. Leberman, and D. Weyer. 1986. Checklist of Birds of Belize. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication 12. 4 Parker, T. A. III, B. K. Holst, L. H. Emmons, J. R. Meyer. 1993. A Biological Assessment of the Columbia River Forest Reserve, Toledo District, Belize. pp.71-78 5 Miller, B. W., 1994. Belize Christmas Bird Counts, Twenty Year Summary. in prep. 6 Miller, B., C. Miller. 1992. Biodiversity Reconnaissance in Chiquibul National Park, 13-19 July. Unpublished report. 7 Miller, B. W., C. M. Miller. 1994, Birds of Caracol, 1988 - 1993. in prep. 8 McRae, E. 1993. Preliminary Checklist, Birds of Caye Caulker. Unpublished list. 9 Mallory, E. 1993. Birds of the Upper Raspaculo, Belize: JSSEUR II. Unpublished report. 10 Miller, B. 1994. Summary of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Bird Banding Laboratory DATA. in prep. 11 Wood, D. S., R. C. Leberman. 1987. Results of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History Expeditions to Belize. III. Distributional Notes on the Birds of Belize. Annals Carnegie Museum. 56(6):137-160. 12 Russell, S. M. 1964. A Distributional Study of the Birds of British Honduras. Ornithological Monographs No. 1, A.O.U. 13 Anon. 1994 (August). Working Checklist, Birds of Rio Bravo Conservation Management Area. Unpublished list. 14 Counsell, D.J.R., B. Etheridge. 1986. RAFOS Expedition to Belize. Unpublished report. 15 Robbins, Chandler. 1996. U.S.F.& Wildlife Service Wintering Bird Surveys for Belize. Unpublished data provided by C. Robbins. 16 Title 50 Code of Federal Regulations, Subchapter B., Part 10.13: List of Migratory Birds. U.S. Government Printing Office: 1985 0-488-794. (Lists all species of migratory birds protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 703-711). 17 Miller, B. W. 1997. Belize Christmas Bird Count Summary 1970-1995. Data from American Birds Vol. 28-50 including 1973-1996. 18 Jones, L., D. Gardner. 1997. Little Quartz Ridge Rapid Assessment Program. Executive Summary: Birds. Draft report for FPMP 19 Working Group, Partners in Flight. 1992. Needs Assessment: Monitoring Migratory Birds. Report for Neotropical Migratory Bird Program 20 Hinshaw, J. 1997. University of Michigan Museum of Zoology bird holdings through Jun. 1, 1997. 21 McRae, E. 1994. The Birds of Belize's Coastal Zone: Species, Distribution, Current Status, Threats to their Well-being, and Potential Measures to Reduce their Impact. Report to NPAMP. 22 Miller, B.W., C.M. Miller. 1997. Avian Risk Assessment for Belize, Species at Risk and of Conservation Concern. Report to Programme for Belize/TNC Wings of America Program. 23 Conway, C. J., S.J. Baird. 1995. Ornithology Report for the Doyle's Delight Expedition, Maya Mountains, Belize, 3-13 December 1993. Occasional Series No. 5. Forest Planning and Management Project, Ministry of Natural Resources, Belmopan, Belize. 24 Garcia, J., S. Matola, M. Meadows, and C. Wright. 1994. A Checklist of the Birds of Belize. WWF-US. 35p.
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