Fairy warbler
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The fairy warbler ( Myiothlypis fraseri , Syn . : Basileuterus fraseri ) is a small songbird from the forest warbler family (Parulidae).
Fairy warbler reach a length of fourteen centimeters and weigh around 11 to 12 grams. The wing length is 6.6 centimeters in the male, 6.2 to 6.5 centimeters in the female. Adult warbler and fledglings from the first year on have dark blue-gray head plumage. The subspecies Myiothlypis f. fraseri has a black crown with yellow lines; the subspecies Myiothlypis f. ochraceicrista an orange-red crown. There is a white spot above the eye towards the base of the beak. The upper side plumage is dark blue-gray; the underside plumage yellow.
The distribution area extends from Ecuador to Peru . Fairy warblers inhabit dry subtropical and tropical forests and moist alluvial forests up to an altitude of about 1900 meters.
There are two recognized subspecies:
- Myiothlypis fraseri fraseri Sclater, PL , 1884 - In the southwest of Ecuador and in the northwest of Peru
- Myiothlypis fraseri ochraceicrista ( Chapman , 1921) - Ecuador
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literature
- Jon Curson, David Quinn, David Beadle: New World Warblers. Helm, London 1994, ISBN 0-7136-3932-6 .
Web links
- Myiothlypis fraseri in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2008. Posted by: BirdLife International, 2008. Accessed January 5 of 2009.