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- 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
Taxonomy
There are 2 subspecies:
- G. s. speciosa
- G. s. limnatis
Habitat
Freshwater lakes and freshwater marshes with reedbeds.
Behaviour
Vocalisation
Call: harsh nasal chreh call. Song - rapid series of chip notes.
References
- BirdLife International