- Setophaga flavescens
Dendroica flavescens
Identification
5" (13 cm).
Grey, unstreaked upperparts, bright yellow throat to belly where it fades into white, black-and-white facial pattern with supra-loral thin and pale yellowish, heavy black streaks on sides. Sexes alike.
Similar species
Longer but narrower bill, usually more subdued facial pattern, longer tarsus, longer tail with darker inner vanes, but shorter wing than Yellow-throated Warbler.
Distribution
Endemic to the Bahamas (Grand Bahama, Little Abaco and Great Abaco)
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
It was formerly included in Yellow-throated Warbler.
Formerly placed in genus Dendroica.
Habitat
Specialized to forage in forest of Caribbean Pine.
Behaviour
Diet
Feeds on insects and other arthropods.
Breeding
Breeding season April to August. The nest is a cup made of grasses, bark strips and weed stems. It's placed 3 to 40m above the ground in a pine tree. Las 3 to 5 egg.
Movements
A resident species.
Vocalisation
Their song is an ascending series of notes.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Del Hoyo, J, A Elliott, and D Christie, eds. 2010. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 15: Weavers to New World Warblers. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8496553682
- Avibase
- BirdForum thread discussing the proposal to see flavescens as a full species
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Bahama Warbler. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 20 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Bahama_Warbler
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
