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;Spindalis zena | ;Spindalis zena | ||
[[Image:Jamaican sindele.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by mommahorton<br />Male taken: Cayo Coco, Cuba]] | [[Image:Jamaican sindele.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by mommahorton<br />Male taken: Cayo Coco, Cuba]] | ||
[[Image:Western_Spindalis_female.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by mommahorton<br />Female taken: Cayo Coco, Cuba]] | [[Image:Western_Spindalis_female.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by mommahorton<br />Female taken: Cayo Coco, Cuba]] | ||
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | Length: 15-17cm (5.8-6.75in); weight 20g.<br />'''Cuban race male''': black head with white stripes; yellow chin; orange-yellow breast, collar, nape and rump; belly white to | + | Length: 15-17cm (5.8-6.75in); weight 20g.<br />'''Cuban race male''': black head with white stripes; yellow chin; orange-yellow breast, collar, nape and rump; belly white to greyish; back olive; wings are olive with black and white primaries and secondaries; tail black and white; legs grey. '''Bahamas race male''': same as Cuban except it has a black back and all black wings, with white in primaries and secondaries, plus a thin black bib extending to the shoulder. '''Female''': olive-grey above; paler below; 2 faint whitish facial stripes and whitish wing spot. |
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | Resident throughout Cuba, the Bahamas and Grand Cayman, occasionally wandering into SE Florida and the Florida Keys in the summer. | + | Resident throughout [[Cuba]], the [[Bahamas]] and [[Grand Cayman]], occasionally wandering into SE [[Florida]] and the [[Florida Keys]] in the summer. |
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| − | There are 2 races: ''Cuban'' and ''Bahamas'', differing slightly in plumage | + | There are 2 races: ''Cuban'' and ''Bahamas'', differing slightly in plumage colour. |
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
Open forests, forest edges, brush and shrub areas, and mangroves. | Open forests, forest edges, brush and shrub areas, and mangroves. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
It has swift direct flight on rapidly beating wings. Eats insects and fruits by foraging in foliage of trees and shrubs. The song is a high-pitched, thin ''zee-tit-zee'', ''tittit-zee''. Call is ''seeip'' or ''tsee.'' | It has swift direct flight on rapidly beating wings. Eats insects and fruits by foraging in foliage of trees and shrubs. The song is a high-pitched, thin ''zee-tit-zee'', ''tittit-zee''. Call is ''seeip'' or ''tsee.'' | ||
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Nesting: two to three brown-flecked, pale blue eggs are laid in a cup nest made of twigs and plants, lined with finer materials, and built on a branch of a tree. Incubation is 12-14 days by the female. | Nesting: two to three brown-flecked, pale blue eggs are laid in a cup nest made of twigs and plants, lined with finer materials, and built on a branch of a tree. Incubation is 12-14 days by the female. | ||
Revision as of 15:59, 21 July 2008
Alternative name: Western Stripe-headed Tanager.
- Spindalis zena
Identification
Length: 15-17cm (5.8-6.75in); weight 20g.
Cuban race male: black head with white stripes; yellow chin; orange-yellow breast, collar, nape and rump; belly white to greyish; back olive; wings are olive with black and white primaries and secondaries; tail black and white; legs grey. Bahamas race male: same as Cuban except it has a black back and all black wings, with white in primaries and secondaries, plus a thin black bib extending to the shoulder. Female: olive-grey above; paler below; 2 faint whitish facial stripes and whitish wing spot.
Distribution
Resident throughout Cuba, the Bahamas and Grand Cayman, occasionally wandering into SE Florida and the Florida Keys in the summer.
Taxonomy
There are 2 races: Cuban and Bahamas, differing slightly in plumage colour.
Habitat
Open forests, forest edges, brush and shrub areas, and mangroves.
Behaviour
It has swift direct flight on rapidly beating wings. Eats insects and fruits by foraging in foliage of trees and shrubs. The song is a high-pitched, thin zee-tit-zee, tittit-zee. Call is seeip or tsee.
Nesting: two to three brown-flecked, pale blue eggs are laid in a cup nest made of twigs and plants, lined with finer materials, and built on a branch of a tree. Incubation is 12-14 days by the female.
