Yellow-headed Warbler

Yellow-headed Warbler ( Teretistris fernandinae )

The Yellow-headed Warbler ( Teretistris fernandinae ) is a small passerine bird in the genus Teretistris in the family of warblers ( Parulidae ). The distribution area is located in the west of Cuba. From the IUCN this type is known as " not at risk " out (least concern).

Features

Yellow-headed Warbler reach a body length of 13 centimeters. The wing length in males from 5.4 to 6.04 inches, the females from 5.28 to 5.54 inches. Adult Yellow-headed Warbler and young birds from the first year have a olivgelbes crown and neck feathers. The sides of the neck and ear-coverts are slightly yellow. The throat feathers and the lower beard grazing area is yellow and the eye ring pale yellow. The top plumage is gray to medium gray; the underside plumage is greyish - white with some gräulicheren flanks and under tail-coverts. The wings and tail are blackish - gray with medium gray feather edges.

Resources, nutrition and reproduction

Yellow-headed Warbler occur in all forest types with a lot of undergrowth and bush thickets in the west of the island nation of Cuba, from sea level to mountainous regions. From the south-west of Villa Clara on Matanzas, La Habana to Pinar del Río and in the adjacent island of Isla de la Juventud. Their diet consists mainly of insects and other invertebrates that they ferret out in the lower and middle vegetation. Rarely they are looking for in the treetops. They are often to sift through in how they poke their beaks into the cracks and crevices of Baumborke. Your cup-shaped nest they create in the dense undergrowth. The breeding season is from April to May A clutch consists of two to three eggs.

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