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The gold eyes Warbler ( Myioborus pariae ) is a small passerine bird in the genus Myioborus in the family of warblers ( Parulidae ). The distribution area is located in northeastern Venezuela. IUCN is the kind since 2000 " endangered " as performed ( endangered ).
Features
Gold eyes Warbler reach a body length of 13 centimeters. The wing length is 5.7 inches in males, while females are no details known. Adult Gold Eyes Warbler and young birds from the first year have a reddish brown crown feathers, the rest of the head plumage is gray and the top is light olive feathers also washed out gray. The wide yellow -eye circles are connected by a narrow band across the front yellow head and thereby form a distinctive glasses. Another distinguishing feature is the white outer tail feathers. The wings are blackish with gray feather edges. The underside plumage is bright yellow, and the under tail-coverts and the rump white. Beak and legs are also blackish. The female resembles the male, but a detailed description is not known, as in the juvenile specimens.
Resources, nutrition and reproduction
Gold eyes Warbler are resident birds. The distribution area is located in the National Park Península de Paria and adjacent mountain areas on the Paria Peninsula in the state of Sucre in northeastern Venezuela. They live singly or in pairs, the edge areas of coffee plantations, cloud forests and humid montane forest on the summit of Cerro Azul, Cerro Patao, Cerro el Olvido and on the lying on the border of the National Park summit Cerro Humo, mostly at altitudes 800-1150 m. Earlier they also occurred up to a height of 650 meters. Often they are in the company of birds sugar bird ( Coereba flaveola ) and Goldstirn- Vireo ( Hylophilus aurantiifrons ) to sift through.
They feed mainly on insects and other invertebrates. Sometimes they lurk like the flycatchers at passing flying insects. About the Bebrütungs and nestling period there are no accurate studies.
Conservation status and population numbers
The IUCN lists the species since 2000 as " critically endangered " ( endangered ). The main cause is habitat destruction. The largest population is located on the mountain Cerro Humo. 1948 a single animal was spotted at Cerro Azul. The exact population number is not known, but it is believed that gold eyes Warbler still occur in this area. Another single animal was seen in 1988 on Cerro El Olvido as well as a small group in 1999. Also on Cerro Patao a small population is to be located, but the exact number is unknown. The Birds BirdLife International estimates the population size at 2500-10000 individuals.