- 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 addition subspecies, limnatis is not recognised by most authorities[2].
Habitat
Freshwater lakes and freshwater marshes with reedbeds.
Behaviour
Vocalisation
Call: harsh nasal chreh call. Song - rapid series of chip notes.
References
- Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
- Avibase
- BirdLife International
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
