Rufous-browed Peppershrike

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Rotbrauenvireo ( Cyclarhis gujanensis )

The Rostbrauenvireo ( Cyclarhis gujanensis ), also called Großschnabelvireo or parrot Strangler, is a passerine bird of the family of the Vireos True. There are described several subspecies.

Features

The Rostbrauenvireo reaches a length of 16 centimeters and a weight of about 20-39 grams. Typical representatives of the species are olive color on the top with a gray head and neck. The coloration of the throat and chest is pale yellow to olive-yellow and whitish towards the belly. The forehead down to the eyebrows is rusty brown. The beak is short, highly colored and gray. The legs are light gray.

Way of life

The Rostbrauenvireo inhabited savanna, scrubland and forest margins in Central and South America. It feeds on berries and insects, which he divided with his powerful beak. The birds are year-round site- faithful.

Reproduction

The birds build from bark of trees and grasses a nest, which they attach in a forked branch of a tree or shrub. The female lays two to three eggs, which are pale pink and brown spotted. Both adult birds are involved in rearing the young. Incubation period is about 11 to 13 days and the nestling period of the boys in about 13 days.

Dissemination

This species occurs from Mexico, Central and South America to northern Argentina verreitet, as well as on the Caribbean island of Trinidad before. There they inhabited the primeval forests and other forested areas and fields and meadows.

Endangering

The IUCN classifies this type due to their large distribution area a threat as low (Least Concern ).