Setophaga cerulea (Wilson, 1810)

Castro-Vargas, Fernando, Cruz-Mendivelso, Yerson, Ortega-Chamorro, Darwin & Palacino-Rodríguez, Fredy, 2020, Birds from northeastern Bogotá Savannah, Cundinamarca, Colombia, Check List 16 (5), pp. 1375-1391 : 1383

Setophaga cerulea (Wilson, 1810)

New records. One male perching on Sambucus sp. in

the growing native forest of the ESNR (04°56′52″N, 073°57′47″W) on 14 January 2016. One male foraging near Eucalyptus sp. in the exotic forest in the ESNR (04° 56′59′N, 073°57′22″W) on 17 January 2019. We recorded this species in systematic surveys on 17 January 2017.

Identification. Adult males with cerulean blue dorsal region, blackish wings with two white wing bars; back striated with black; white ventral region with narrow black pectoral collar and blackish striatum on the sides. Female and immature with olive-green back and blue on the crown; narrow superciliary and two white wing bars; opaque white ventral region with dark brown striatum on the lateral sides.

Remarks. We did not record any reproductive events. This species is a boreal migratory bird. It is categorized as Near Threatened (BirdLife International 2019). This species has undergone a population decline of 72% over the last 44 years in North America ( Rosenberg et al. 2016).

Distribution. Eastern USA and Central America, Panama, northern Venezuela, northern and central Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and northern Bolivia.