Three-striped Warbler

The three-striped warbler (Basileuterus tristriatus) is a species of bird in the family Parulidae. It was previously considered conspecific with the Tacarcuna warbler and the black-eared warbler. It inhabits the northern Andes, from Venezuela to Peru. The Yungas warbler (Basileuterus punctipectus) was previously considered a subspecies. == Taxonomy == The three-striped warbler was formally described in 1844 by the Swiss naturalist Johann Jakob von Tschudi under the binomial name Myiodioctes tristriatus based on a specimen collected in Peru. The specific epithet is Modern Latin meaning "three-striped" or "three-streaked" from Latin tri- meaning "three-" and "striatus" meaning "striated". The type locality was restricted to Vitoc, Department of Junín in central Peru by the Austrian ornithologist Carl Eduard Hellmayr in 1935. The three-striped warbler is now one of 12 species placed in the genus Basileuterus that was introduced in 1848 by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis. The genus name is from Ancient Greek βασιλευτερος/basileuteros meaning "more kingly". Eight subspecies are recognised: B. t. daedalus Bangs, 1908 – west Colombia and west Ecuador B. t. sanlucasensis Salaman, 2015 – central north Colombia B. t. auricularis Sharpe, 1885 – central Colombia to west Venezuela B. t. meridanus Sharpe, 1885 – northwest Venezuela B. t.…