Goldflank Wood Warbler
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Gold-flanked warbler ( Basileuterus leucophrys ) |
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The gold-flanked warbler ( Basileuterus leucophrys ) is a small songbird from the genus Basileuterus in the family of the warbler (Parulidae). This species is closely related to the olive flank warbler ( Basileuterus leucoblepharus ). The distribution area is in south-central Brazil . The IUCN lists them as “not at risk” (least concern).
features
Gold flank warblers reach a body length of fourteen centimeters. The wing length of the male is 7.2 centimeters, no information is available for females. Adults and juveniles from the first year on have gray parietal plumage, narrow black lateral stripes on the apex that are not clearly visible, and wide white stripes over the eyes that extend over the whitish gray-brownish-yellow ear covers. The eye stripe is blackish, the lower eye ring is white, and the nape and sides of the neck are gray. The plumage on the underside is white with washed-out gray breasts, grayish brownish yellow rear flanks and pale yellowish brownish yellow under tail-coverts. The plumage on the upper side is olive green to brownish olive, the wings are dark brown with olive feather edges. The beak is blackish, the legs are yellowish flesh-colored.
Occurrence, nutrition and reproduction
The distribution area is in south-central Brazil . It includes the south of Mato Grosso and Goiás , there mainly around the city of Brasília , as well as the west of Minas Gerais and the peripheral areas in the west of Bahia . There are other deposits on the northern edge of São Paulo .
Gold flank warblers usually live in pairs in subtropical and tropical moist forests, wetlands and preferably riparian forests with a lot of undergrowth, mainly near water bodies at altitudes of 1000 meters. They look for their food in the thick undergrowth and are therefore difficult to observe. There is no information about the nest building and the breeding and nestling times.
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literature
- Jon Curson, David Quinn, David Beadle: New World Warblers. Helm, London 1994, ISBN 0-7136-3932-6 , pp. 90 and 226.
Web links
- Myiothlypis leucophrys in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2010. Posted by: BirdLife International, 2009. Accessed April 29, 2011th
- Goldflank Warbler at BirdLife International (online, accessed April 29, 2011)