Orange-spot wood warbler
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Orange-spotted warbler ( Vermivora celata ) |
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The orange-spotted wood warbler ( Vermivora celata ) is a small insectivorous bird in the wood warbler (Parulidae) family.
features
Orange-spotted warblers have a grayish to olive-green head with a small, pointed beak, gray to olive-green wing-covers and gray to olive-green upper plumage. The plumage is gray-brown under the wings and on the edges of the wing covers. Orange-spotted warblers have nine primary flight feathers. The name was given by the orange spot on the crown, which can mostly only be seen when the orange-spot wood warbler lifts the crown feathers when threatened. There are four subspecies. The western forms differ from the eastern forms by a lighter yellow to olive yellow breast and underside plumage and a lighter gray on the head. Females and young birds have a somewhat blunt plumage in all forms and the crown spot may be missing or it is not as pronounced as in the males.
nutrition
They mainly feed on insects that they find in bushes, as well as fruits , berries and nectar .
Reproduction
The female builds a bowl-shaped nest that is open at the top, well hidden in bushes or in high vegetation. Three to six eggs are laid in the nest and hatched after twelve to fourteen days. Both parent animals take part in the rearing of the young birds, which fledge after eight to ten days.
Occurrence
Their breeding areas are among others in Alaska , Canada and in the west of North America . A subspecies breeds from southern California to the northwest of Baja California, among others . In winter they move to the south of North America and Central America, among other places . The orange-spotted warbler is not as common in the eastern areas of North America as it is in the west.
literature
- Jon Curson, David Quinn, David Beadle: New World Warblers. Helm, London 1994, ISBN 0-7136-3932-6 .
Web links
- Leiothlypis celata in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2008. Posted by: BirdLife International, 2008. Accessed January 31 of 2009.
- Videos, photos and sound recordings of Vermivora celata in the Internet Bird Collection