Plumbeous Warbler
Gray Warbler ( Dendroica plumbea ) on the island of Dominica
The gray warbler (Dendroica plumbea ) is a small passerine bird in the genus Dendroica in the family of warblers ( Parulidae ). This type forms with the birds Strichel Warbler ( Dendroica pharetra ) and Angela Warbler ( Dendroica Angelae ) is a super species. The distribution area is located in the Lesser Antilles. The IUCN lists the species as " not at risk " ( least concern ).
Features
Grey Warbler reach a body length of 14 centimeters. The wing length is 5.8 to 6.6 inches in the male, the female, 5.6 to 6.2 centimeters. Adult gray warblers have a gray head feathers, a conspicuous white spot on the reins, a narrow whitish blurred About eye stripe that begins above the eye and runs down to the neck and a white line under the eye. The top plumage is gray, the wings blackish with gray feather edges and two white wing-bars. The tail is blackish with gray feather edges and white tail tips on the outer feathers, the under tail-coverts are white. The underside plumage is medium gray with a white central region of the throat, chest and tummy. The bill is blackish and the legs are flesh-colored.
Young birds in the first year have a dull olives to grayish - head olives and top plumage. About The eye-streak, the patch over the reins of the line under the eye and the underside plumage is pale yellowish.
Resources, nutrition and reproduction
Grey warblers are found in Guadeloupe ( Marie- Galante, Terre- de-Haut ) and Dominica in the Lesser Antilles. The sedentary birds inhabit dry forest scrub in lowlands, stunted vegetation mixed with a lot of undergrowth in the mountains and rain forests. Their diet consists of insects and berries. This they seek in the lower regions of vegetation, mainly in the undergrowth. They can be easily observed.
The breeding season occurs from March to July. Your cup-shaped nest they lay low in bushes or in bromeliads plants. As nesting material they use leaves and fine rootlets. In this case, the nest is less compacted than in the related species Strichel Warbler. A clutch consists of two to three eggs. About the incubation period and fledging period has not been investigated.
System
The birds in Guadeloupe have a darker underside plumage and a suggested blurred spotting on the throat and upper chest; especially when plumage in the first year. They were described as subspecies Dendroica p. guadeloupensis described; this subspecies is not officially recognized.