Thicket Warbler
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Thicket Warbler ( Geothlypis tolmiei ) |
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The thicket warbler ( Geothlypis tolmiei , syn .: Oporornis tolmiei ) is a small insectivorous bird from the genus of the yellow throat ( Geothlypis ) in the family of the wood warbler (Parulidae).
Thicket warbler have a body length of about thirteen centimeters. The upper side plumage is olive green; the underside plumage light yellow. In the male, the head and chest plumage is dark gray to black; the head of the females and young birds is light gray to gray. They wear a white broken ring around their eyes.
Their breeding areas are in the forests in the western United States and western Canada . They spend the winter in Central America .
literature
- Jon Curson, David Quinn, David Beadle: New World Warblers. Helm, London 1994, ISBN 0-7136-3932-6 .
Web links
Commons : Thicket Woodsinger - Album with pictures, videos and audio files
- Geothlypis tolmiei in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2008. Posted by: BirdLife International, 2008. Accessed on December 22 of 2008.
- Videos, photos and sound recordings of Geothlypis tolmiei in the Internet Bird Collection