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;[[:Category:Dendroica|Dendroica]] vitellina | ;[[:Category:Dendroica|Dendroica]] vitellina | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| + | Olive-greyish green upperside with yellow edging on feathers, yellow underside with medium-dark flank streaks. Complex head pattern with supercilium, arch below the eye, and stripe behind auriculars, all in yellow. Female and immatures duller. | ||
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| + | ====Similar species==== | ||
| + | [[Prairie Warbler]] is more contrasty in both face and flanks and has subtly different facial pattern. It is also smaller. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | [[Cayman Islands]] and [[Honduras]]. | + | [[Cayman Islands]] and Swan Islands (part of [[Honduras]]). |
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| − | Polytypic. Consists of three subspecies. | + | Polytypic. Consists of three subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>: |
| + | *''D. v. crawfordi'' - Little Cayman IIsland and Cayman Brac | ||
| + | *''D. v. vitellina'' - Grand Cayman | ||
| + | *''D. v. nelsoni'' - Swan Islands | ||
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==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
Dry forests, dry shrubland and urban areas. | Dry forests, dry shrubland and urban areas. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | Snatches insects from substrates mostly while in flight. Forages from ground to canopy. | ||
| + | ==References== | ||
| + | #{{Ref-Clements6thDec10}}# Raffaele et al. 1998. Birds of the West Indies. Christopher Helm, London. ISBN 0713649054 | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Dendroica+vitellina}} | {{GSearch|Dendroica+vitellina}} | ||
Revision as of 00:52, 28 April 2011
- Dendroica vitellina
Identification
Olive-greyish green upperside with yellow edging on feathers, yellow underside with medium-dark flank streaks. Complex head pattern with supercilium, arch below the eye, and stripe behind auriculars, all in yellow. Female and immatures duller.
Similar species
Prairie Warbler is more contrasty in both face and flanks and has subtly different facial pattern. It is also smaller.
Distribution
Cayman Islands and Swan Islands (part of Honduras).
Taxonomy
Polytypic. Consists of three subspecies[1]:
- D. v. crawfordi - Little Cayman IIsland and Cayman Brac
- D. v. vitellina - Grand Cayman
- D. v. nelsoni - Swan Islands
Habitat
Dry forests, dry shrubland and urban areas.
Behaviour
Snatches insects from substrates mostly while in flight. Forages from ground to canopy.
References
- Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
- Raffaele et al. 1998. Birds of the West Indies. Christopher Helm, London. ISBN 0713649054
