White-lored Warbler
The Rotscheitel Warbler ( Basileuterus conspicillatus ) is a small passerine bird in the genus Basileuterus in the family of warblers ( Parulidae ). The distribution area is located in northern Colombia. The species is closely related to the gray -throated Warbler ( Basileuterus cinereicollis ) and the gold crown Warbler ( Basileuterus coronatus ). The IUCN lists the species as " Near Threatened " ( near threatened ).
Features
Rotscheitel Warbler reach a body length of 13.5 centimeters. The wing length is 6 centimeters in females; for the males are no data available. Adults have animals and young birds from the first year a schwärzlichgraue forehead and schwärzlichgraue crest side strips extending to the neck. The rather narrow apex strip is yellowish -orange. The dashed circles and the area above the blackish reins is white and forms a prominent broken glasses. The central neck, sides of the neck and the ear-coverts are medium gray. The top feathers and tail are olive green, the wings are dark brown with olive green feather edges. The lower beard area and throat are pale gray, the rest of the underside plumage is bright yellow with olivgrauem faded breast plumage and olivgrauen washed flanks.
Resources, nutrition and reproduction
About the Rotscheitel Warbler, there are few studies. The species is one of three warbler species that occur in the mountain range of Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in northern Colombia. The sedentary animals inhabit moist forests, forest edges, and a well-developed healthy vegetation at altitudes 700-2200 m. Your food you are looking for in the lower and middle regions of vegetation, usually in dense scrub or underbrush.
The dome-shaped nest they lay on the floor or under tree roots. A clutch consists of three to four eggs. About the breeding season and Bebrütungs and nestling period, there are no accurate studies. Reproductive Prepare birds were observed between April and June.
System
Rotscheitel Warbler were earlier seen as a subspecies of the gray -throated warbler or as a subspecies of the gold crown warbler.