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;[[:Category:Chaetura|Chaetura]] pelagica | ;[[:Category:Chaetura|Chaetura]] pelagica | ||
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| + | 12-15cm. Grey brown underparts, soot-brown back, paler throat, cheeks and chin, short tail. Sexes alike. | ||
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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| + | Eastern [[North America]], wintering in Amazon Basin of [[South America]]. | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| + | Monotypic. | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| + | A variety, including open areas. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | They build the saucer shaped nest from twigs glued together with saliva. 3-7 white eggs are laid and incubated by the female for 19-20 days. The young fledge a month later. | ||
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| + | The diet includes insects. | ||
| + | ==References== | ||
| + | Cornell Lab of Ornithology | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Chaetura+pelagica}} | {{GSearch|Chaetura+pelagica}} | ||
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Chaetura]] | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Chaetura]] | ||
Revision as of 14:33, 5 February 2009
- Chaetura pelagica
Identification
12-15cm. Grey brown underparts, soot-brown back, paler throat, cheeks and chin, short tail. Sexes alike.
Distribution
Eastern North America, wintering in Amazon Basin of South America.
Taxonomy
Monotypic.
Habitat
A variety, including open areas.
Behaviour
They build the saucer shaped nest from twigs glued together with saliva. 3-7 white eggs are laid and incubated by the female for 19-20 days. The young fledge a month later.
The diet includes insects.
References
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
