Wood Warbler
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Wood Warbler |
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| Seiurus | ||||||||||||
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| Seiurus aurocapilla | ||||||||||||
| ( Linnaeus , 1766) |
The wood warbler ( Seiurus aurocapilla ) is a species of bird from the wood warbler family (Parulidae). He is the only representative of the genus Seiurus . The IUCN currently lists the wood warbler as safe ( least concern ).
The breeding areas are in the forest areas in the east of North America (Central and Eastern Canada); the wintering areas from Mexico to the north of South America .
Wood Warbler are about 15 cm tall birds with a shape reminiscent of a larger pipit and weigh between 16 and 25 g. They have a black-lined orange-brown line on the top. There is a white ring around the eyes. The wood warbler searches for spiders , insects , snails and other invertebrates on the forest floor . The closed nest is created on the ground and contains four to five eggs, which are hatched in a period of 10 to 14 days.
In its circulation area of the bird, which in English is "ovenbird" is, sometimes "teacherbird" called ( "Teachers bird"), because his singing consists of a fast consecutive series of chirping syllables that be called "tie-tscher-Tie -tscher-Tie-tscher ... “.
literature
- Jon Curson, David Quinn, David Beadle: New World Warblers. Helm, London 1994, ISBN 0-7136-3932-6 .
Web links
- Videos, photos and sound recordings of Seiurus aurocapillus in the Internet Bird Collection
- Seiurus aurocapilla inthe IUCN 2013 Red List of Threatened Species . Listed by: BirdLife International, 2012. Retrieved January 30, 2014.
