Yellow-fronted strangler tangerines
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The yellow-fronted strangler tangar ( Lanio versicolor ) is a 13 to 15 centimeter large bird species from the tangar family .
Appearance
The plumage of the males is yellowish on the belly, the tail, the lower and upper part of the wing and the area around the eyes are colored black. Noticeable is a thick white stripe on the wing that only the males wear. The beak and legs are gray. The females are yellowish on the belly, the back, head and tail are uniformly brown in color.
distribution and habitat
The species occurs in the centrally located lowland rainforests of South America, south of the Amazon . There she inhabits the middle floors of the jungle trees.
Way of life
These solitary birds hunt for insects, which they spot from their perch - mostly solitary, higher branches. They also take prey from other birds by sending them to flight with false alarm calls.
Reproduction
The birds lay their eggs in an open nest that is created in trees or bushes. The incubation period is 12 to 18 days. After 11 to 24 days, the young are fully fledged and leave the nest.
Subspecies
There are two known subspecies:
- Lanio versicolor versicolor ( d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye , 1837) - The nominate form occurs in eastern Peru to western Brazil and northern Bolivia.
- Lanio versicolor parvus von Berlepsch , 1912 - The subspecies is common in eastern central Brazil and northeastern Bolivia.
Etymology and history of research
Alcide Dessalines d'Orbigny and Frédéric de Lafresnaye described the yellow- fronted strangler tangar under the name T. [achyphonus] versicolor . The type specimen came from the province of Yuracarés in Bolivia. In 1816, Louis Pierre Vieillot introduced the new genus Lanio for the brown-breasted strangler tangar ( Lanio fulvus ) ( Boddaert , 1783) (corresponds to the Tangara mordoré by Georges-Louis Leclerc de Buffon ). Only later was the yellow-fronted strangler tangar of this genus added. This name comes from the Latin "lanius, laniare" for "butcher, butcher, to tear into pieces". The specific epithet »versicolor« comes from the Latin »versicoloris« for »from different colors« and is composed of »vertere« for »change« and »color, coloris« for »color«. "Parvus" is the Latin word for "small, short".
Source
- Christopher Perrins: The Great Encyclopedia of Birds. Orbis Verlag, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-572-00810-7 , pp. 322, 325.
- James A. Jobling: Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names . Christopher Helm, London 2010, ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4 .
- Alcide Dessalines d'Orbigny, Frédéric de Lafresnaye: Synopsis Avium from Alcide d'Orbigny, in ejus per Americam meridionalem itinere, collectarum et ab ipso viatore necnon a de Lafresnaye in ordine redactarum . In: Magasin de zoologie, Journal destiné a établir une correspondance entre les zoologistes de tous les pays, at a leur faciliter les moyens de publier les espèces nouvelles ou peu connues qu'ils possèdent . tape 7 , Classe 2, 1837, pp. 1-88 ( online [accessed January 13, 2015]).
- Hans Hermann Carl Ludwig von Berlepsch: Revision of the Tanagriden . In: Negotiations of the 5th International Ornithological Congress in Berlin May 30th to June 4th 1910 . tape 5 , 1912, pp. 1001–1161 ( online [accessed January 13, 2015]).
- Louis Pierre Vieillot: Analyze d'une nouvelle ornithologie élémentaire . Deterville, Paris 1816 ( online [accessed January 15, 2015]).
Web links
- Lanio versicolor inthe IUCN 2014 Red List of Threatened Species . Listed by: BirdLife International, 2012. Retrieved January 7, 2015.
- BirdLife International: Species Factsheet - White-winged Shrike-tanager ( Lanio versicolor ) . Retrieved January 13, 2015.
- Videos, photos and sound recordings for White-winged Shrike-tanager (Lanio versicolor) in the Internet Bird Collection
- Yellow-fronted Strangler Tangerine ( Lanio versicolor ) from Avibase; accessed on January 13, 2015.
- Lanio versicolor in the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
- xeno-canto: sound recordings - White-winged Shrike-tanager ( Lanio versicolor )
Individual evidence
- ↑ IOC World Bird List tanagers flowerpiercers & tanager-finches
- ↑ a b Alcide Dessalines d'Orbigny u. a., p. 28.
- ^ Hans Hermann Carl Ludwig von Berlepsch, p. 1073.
- ↑ Louis Pierre Vieillot, p. 40.
- ↑ James A. Jobling, p. 219.
- ↑ James A. Jobling, p. 400
- ↑ James A. Jobling, p. 293.
Remarks
- ↑ The province of Yuracarés originally belonged to the Beni department . With the establishment of the province of Chapare in 1854, parts of the Yuracarés were annexed to this new province.