White-winged warbler
Xenoligea montana (Chapman, 1917)
The white-winged warbler (Xenoligea montana) is a species in the family Phaenicophilidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 12 g to 12.5 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Vulnerable.
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Quick facts about the white-winged warbler
- Weight
- 12 g – 12.5 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- shrublandsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Lifestyle
- Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Vulnerable (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the white-winged warbler live?
Not recorded
What is the white-winged warbler?
The white-winged warbler (Xenoligea montana), also called the white-winged ground-warbler or Hispaniolan highland-tanager, is a Vulnerable species of bird of the family Phaenicophilidae, the Hispaniolan tanagers. It is endemic to the island of Hispaniola which is shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
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Is the white-winged warbler endangered?
The white-winged warbler is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List: it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Vulnerable species. What the categories mean.
How is the white-winged warbler classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyPhaenicophilidae
- genusXenoligea
- SpeciesXenoligea montana (Chapman, 1917)
Synonyms Microligea montana
Other names and names in other languages (39)
- White-winged ground-warblerEnglish
- White-winged ground-warblerEnglish
- bosquerola d'ales verdesCatalan
- lesňáček velkozobýCzech
- telor adeinwynWelsh
- Hvidvinget SangerDanish
- Spiegel-WaldsängerGerman
- SpiegelpalmtangareGerman
- SpiegelwaldsängerGerman
- Hispaniola parulioEsperanto
- blankflugila fenikofiloEsperanto
- Reinita montanaSpanish
- Cigüita AliblancaSpanish
- Tangara AliblancaSpanish
- valgekõht-säälikEstonian
- haitinkerttuliFinnish
- hispaniolankerttuliFinnish
- Petit Quatre-yeuxFrench
- Ti Tchit kat-jeHaitian Creole
- sivorepa tangaraCroatian
- Parula alibiancheItalian
- ハジロアメリカムシクイJapanese
- ksenoligėjaLithuanian
- WitvleugelzangerDutch
- hvitvingeparulaNorwegian
- hispaniolkaPolish
- mariquita-d'asa-brancaPortuguese
- polícia-do-mato-de-asas-verdesPortuguese
- quatro-olhos-de-asa-brancaPortuguese
- Белокрылая эспаньолаRussian
- Белокрылая ксенолигияRussian
- horárka bielokrídlaSlovak
- Belokrila cvrkutarkaSerbian
- vitvingad sångtangaraSwedish
- Ak Kanatlı Ötleğen TangarasıTurkish
- еспаньйоликUkrainian
- пісняр білокрилийUkrainian
- 白翅地鶯Chinese
- 白翅地唐纳雀Chinese
Relatives of the white-winged warbler
Other species in the same family Phaenicophilidae.
Green-tailed warbler
Microligea palustris
Black-crowned palm-tanager
Phaenicophilus palmarum
Grey-crowned palm-tanager
Phaenicophilus poliocephalus
CompareWhite-winged warbler vs Green-tailed warblerWhite-winged warbler vs Black-crowned palm-tanagerWhite-winged warbler vs Grey-crowned palm-tanager
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the white-winged warbler?
An adult white-winged warbler weighs 12 g – 12.5 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the white-winged warbler endangered?
The white-winged warbler is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.
What kind of animal is the white-winged warbler?
The white-winged warbler (Xenoligea montana) belongs to the family Phaenicophilidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
- AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Wikimedia Commons · per file (CC0 / public domain / CC BY green, CC BY-SA amber, anything else not displayed) · 2026-11-11
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Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service). - Wikipedia (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026-11-11
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