- Geothlypis speciosa
Identification
13 cm
Male
- Browny-olive upperparts
- Black mask
- Greyish sides of crown and nape
- Deep yellow underparts
- Orange chest,
- Ochre flanks
Female
- Lacks mask
- Olive face
- Pale eye-ring
- Pale buff supercilium
Immature male - resembles male with black on face restricted to lores and ear-coverts.
Juvenile - brownish-olive head and upperparts, paler olive-yellow underparts, dark brown legs, black bill.
Distribution
Central America: found in the highlands of south-central Mexico (eastern Michoacán, southern Guanajuato and México).
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
An additional subspecies, limnatis is not recognised by most authorities[2].
Habitat
Freshwater lakes and freshwater marshes with reedbeds.
Behaviour
Diet
Their diet consists mostly of insects gleaned from cattails and other low vegetation. Little else is known.
Vocalisation
Call: harsh nasal chreh call. Song - rapid series of chip notes.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- BirdLife International
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved November 2016)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Black-polled Yellowthroat. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 13 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Black-polled_Yellowthroat
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
