Fan-tailed Warbler (Parulidae)
Subjects Warbler ( Euthlypis lachrymosa )
The subjects Warbler ( Euthlypis lachrymosa ) is a small songbird and the only representative in the monotypic genus Euthlypis from the family of warblers ( Parulidae ). The distribution area extends from northern Mexico to Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras to the north of Nicaragua. Subjects Warbler are mostly resident birds, some individuals migrate outside the breeding season to northern Baja California and to Arizona. The IUCN lists the species as " not at risk " ( least concern ).
Features
Subjects Warbler reach a body length of 15 centimeters and a weight of 14.2 to 16.5 grams. The wing length is 6.9 to 8 inches in the male, the female, 6.7 to 7.6 centimeters. Adult animals have a black crown, forehead and reins. On the reins in front of the eye a hazy white spot. The blackish crown is crossed with a yellow crown elongated spot and the broken eye rings are white. The ear-coverts, the sides of the neck, the neck and the top feathers with a olive toned jacket and wings with narrow pale gray feather edges are dark gray. The throat feathers and the tummy is yellow, the breast and flanks tawny - yellowish. Remarkable are the wide white tail tips of the otherwise dark gray tail. The under tail-coverts are white, the flesh-colored long and fairly strong bill blackish and the legs.
Resources, nutrition and reproduction
Subjects Warbler inhabit low-lying mountain forests and mountain slopes, canyons, foothills and forested areas near streams of lava with a lot of undergrowth at altitudes from 100 to 1200 meters. Your consisting of insect food they are looking for in the lower areas of vegetation in dense undergrowth or on the floor. Here, the tail is always apart and you can clearly see the white tail tips.
The breeding season is between March and June. For nesting and breeding and fledging period has not been investigated.
System
Robert Ridgway took a close relationship to the species of the genus Basileuterus; exact relationships are not clear.
It describes three subspecies, but are a Kline and flow into one another:
- Euthlypis l lachrymosa ( Bonaparte, 1850) - Occurs in the central area of distribution.
- Euthlypis l tephra Ridgway, 1902 - The subspecies is a typical representative in the northern areas. The olive washed-out gray top plumage is paler.
- Euthlypis l schistacea Dickey & Van Rossem, 1926 - This subspecies is typical of the southern distribution areas. The top plumage is pure and dark slate gray.