Alternative name: Seychelles Brush Warbler
- Acrocephalus sechellensis
Identification
14 cm (5½ in)
- Whitish supercilium
- Obscure dark eyestripe
- Greenish-brown head, back, wings and flanks
- White throat and underparts
- Long greyish-blue legs
- Long horn coloured bill
- Red eye
Juvenile birds are darker with a more bluish eye.
Distribution
Seychelles: found on Cousin, Cousine, Aride .
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
Habitat
Forests and dense shrubland.
Behaviour
Diet
Their diet consists of insects, such as bugs (and the eggs), beetles, spiders, bees and ants. Sometimes tiny skinks are taken too.
Breeding
They are monogamous and very territorial. They have a single brood.
A breeding pair is helped by female birds.
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/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Oct 2017)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Seychelles Warbler. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 23 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Seychelles_Warbler
