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;[[:Category:Vireo|Vireo]] atricapilla | ;[[:Category:Vireo|Vireo]] atricapilla | ||
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| + | 12 cm. '''Male''' - olive green above, white below, faint yellow flanks, black crown and upper half of the head, partial white eye-ring and lores, brownish-red iris, black bill. '''Female''' - duller, slate grey crown, greenish yellow underparts. First year males are intermediate in colouration between adult males and females. | ||
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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
[[Oklahoma]] to northern [[Mexico]]. Exterpated from [[Kansas]]. | [[Oklahoma]] to northern [[Mexico]]. Exterpated from [[Kansas]]. | ||
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==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
This is a monotypic species. | This is a monotypic species. | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | Both sexes build the nest. 3-4 eggs are laid and incubated for 14-17 days; the female broods the young, while the male supplies most of the food during the nestling phase. The young fledge after 10 to 12 days. Breeding pairs are capable of producing more than one clutch per breeding season. The male cares for some or all of the fledglings, while the female re-nests - sometimes with another male. | ||
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| + | The diet includes beetles and caterpillars. | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Vireo+atricapilla}} | {{GSearch|Vireo+atricapilla}} | ||
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Revision as of 16:05, 7 November 2008
- Vireo atricapilla
Identification
12 cm. Male - olive green above, white below, faint yellow flanks, black crown and upper half of the head, partial white eye-ring and lores, brownish-red iris, black bill. Female - duller, slate grey crown, greenish yellow underparts. First year males are intermediate in colouration between adult males and females.
Distribution
Oklahoma to northern Mexico. Exterpated from Kansas.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
Habitat
Behaviour
Both sexes build the nest. 3-4 eggs are laid and incubated for 14-17 days; the female broods the young, while the male supplies most of the food during the nestling phase. The young fledge after 10 to 12 days. Breeding pairs are capable of producing more than one clutch per breeding season. The male cares for some or all of the fledglings, while the female re-nests - sometimes with another male.
The diet includes beetles and caterpillars.
