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− | {{ | + | [[Image:Geothlypis speciosa male 1 1.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Male<br />Photo by {{user|Raul+Padilla|Raul Padilla}}<br />Yuriria, Guanajuato, [[Mexico]], November 2016]] |
;[[:Category:Geothlypis|Geothlypis]] speciosa | ;[[:Category:Geothlypis|Geothlypis]] speciosa | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
− | 13 cm | + | 13 cm<br /> |
+ | '''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 | ||
+ | [[Image:Geothlypis speciosa female 1 1.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female<br />Photo by {{user|Raul+Padilla|Raul Padilla}}<br />Yuriria, Guanajuato, [[Mexico]], November 2016]] | ||
+ | '''Immature male''' - resembles male with black on face restricted to lores and ear-coverts.<br /> | ||
+ | '''Juvenile''' - brownish-olive head and upperparts, paler olive-yellow underparts, dark brown legs, black bill. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
− | [[Mexico]]. | + | [[Central America]]: found in the highlands of south-central [[Mexico]] (eastern Michoacán, southern Guanajuato and México). |
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
− | + | This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>. | |
− | + | ||
− | + | An additional subspecies, ''limnatis'' is not recognised by most authorities<sup>[[#References|[2]]]</sup>. | |
+ | |||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
Freshwater lakes and freshwater marshes with reedbeds. | Freshwater lakes and freshwater marshes with reedbeds. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
− | + | ====Diet==== | |
+ | Their diet consists mostly of insects gleaned from cattails and other low vegetation. Little else is known. | ||
====Vocalisation==== | ====Vocalisation==== | ||
Call: harsh nasal ''chreh'' call. Song - rapid series of ''chip'' notes. | Call: harsh nasal ''chreh'' call. Song - rapid series of ''chip'' notes. | ||
− | + | ==References== | |
+ | #{{Ref-Clements6thAug16}}#Avibase | ||
+ | #BirdLife International | ||
+ | #Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved November 2016) | ||
+ | {{ref}} | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Geothlypis+speciosa}} | {{GSearch|Geothlypis+speciosa}} | ||
− | [[Category:Birds]][[Category:Geothlypis | + | {{GS-checked}} |
+ | [[Category:Birds]][[Category:Geothlypis]] |
Latest revision as of 11:49, 31 March 2022
- 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. (2024) Black-polled Yellowthroat. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 10 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Black-polled_Yellowthroat
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.