Golden-crowned Warbler

Kinglet - warbler ( Basileuterus culicivorus )

The kinglet - warbler ( Basileuterus culicivorus ) is a bird of the family Warbler ( Parulidae ).

It reaches a body length of 12.5 to 12.7 centimeters and a weight of ten grams. The plumage is on top brown on light brown to gray- green; on the underside light gray on light brown to light yellow. The females are dull colored than the males. A characteristic feature is the black -fringed, yellow to orange-brown crown stripes.

The large area of ​​distribution extends from Mexico to northern Argentina and Uruguay in Central and South America. Also in Trinidad there are populations. For breeding the kinglet - warbler attracts mainly in the areas of Mexico and Central America.

Mainly inhabited the kinglet - warbler the lowland forests. Other habitats are in plantations, in the bush or vegetation in the rain forests. The female built a domed indoor nest on the ground and lays two to four white eggs, which are hatched in a period 14 to 17 days.

Kinglet - warbler roam singly or in pairs in the lower regions of dense vegetation around in search of food. The prey animals include caterpillars, spiders, insects and other invertebrates, which are tracked in the foliage of trees and shrubs or captured in flight.