Olive-capped Warbler
The Cuba Warbler ( Dendroica pityophila ) is a small passerine bird in the genus Dendroica in the family of warblers ( Parulidae ). The distribution area is located on Cuba and the Bahamas. The IUCN lists the species as " not at risk " ( least concern ).
Features
Cuba Warbler reach a body length of 13 centimeters and a weight of 7.2 to 8.4 grams. The wing length in males from 5.6 to 6.04 inches, with the females from 5.59 to 5.77 inches. Adult male Cuba warblers have a yellowish- olive crown plumage and a slate gray head and neck feathers and top plumage. The wings are blackish with narrow pale gray feather edges and white wing bars. The throat and upper breast plumage, which is bordered to the rear with irregular mottled black stripe is bright yellow. The rest of the underside plumage with brownish- tinted olive flanks is white. The tail is blackish with narrow blackish slate-gray feather edges and white tail tips on the outer feathers, beak and legs are blackish - brown.
The adult female resembles the male. The plumage is generally duller dress. The gray top feathers are pale brownish- tinted olive, washed out the crown paler green and barely yellowish.
Resources, nutrition and reproduction
Cuba warblers occur in the Bahamas ( Grand Bahama, Great Abaco and Little Abaco ) and Cuba ( Pinar del Río and in northeastern Oriente ). The sedentary animals inhabit open pine forests. They feed mostly on insects. Some individuals could be observed also in the Bahamas on flowers of Agave braceana when taking nectar. The cup with some feathers lined nest is built in heights from 2 to 15 meters in pines and usually close to the tree trunk. A nest usually consists of two eggs.
System
The animals in the Bahamas have a darker and livid - green top feathers and the crown plumage is more yellowish green, especially on the forehead. The upper yellow breast plumage is less edged toward the bottom with black bars, and the flanks are gray. They were described as subspecies Dendroica p. bahamensis described; However, this subspecies is not officially recognized.