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| + | 12.5 cm. A small, dark, secretive warbler. Dark chestnut crown, nape and earcoverts. Barely noticable black lores and eyestripe. The rest of the upperparts are dark chocolate brown. Chin and throat whitish, rest of the underpsrts are grey with a brownish wash to the rear flanks and vent. Bill black with a yellowish base to the lower mandible, legs black. | ||
| + | Kandavu birds are distinctly different with a broad off white supercillium, narrowing sharply to the rear, grey ear coverts, slightly darker moustachial stripe and showing much less contrast at the chin and throat. | ||
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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
Endemic to the [[Fiji]] Islands | Endemic to the [[Fiji]] Islands | ||
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- Cettia ruficapilla
Identification
12.5 cm. A small, dark, secretive warbler. Dark chestnut crown, nape and earcoverts. Barely noticable black lores and eyestripe. The rest of the upperparts are dark chocolate brown. Chin and throat whitish, rest of the underpsrts are grey with a brownish wash to the rear flanks and vent. Bill black with a yellowish base to the lower mandible, legs black. Kandavu birds are distinctly different with a broad off white supercillium, narrowing sharply to the rear, grey ear coverts, slightly darker moustachial stripe and showing much less contrast at the chin and throat.
Distribution
Endemic to the Fiji Islands
Taxonomy
- C. r. ruficapilla: Kandavu
- C. r. badiceps : Viti Levu
- C. r. castaneoptera: Vanua Levu
- C. r. funebris: Taveuni
Habitat
Behaviour
References
- Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Fiji Bush Warbler. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 27 September 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Fiji_Bush_Warbler
