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- Geothlypis speciosa
Identification
13 cm. Male - brownish-olive upperparts, black mask, greyish sides of crown and nape, deep yellow underparts, orange chest, ochraceous 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.
